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Happiness4 quotes
For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. — George Bernard Shaw · 1903We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. — George Bernard Shaw · 1894Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness. — Henrik Ibsen · 1884Delusion2 quotes
Castles in the air-they are so easy to take refuge in. And easy to build, too. — Henrik Ibsen · 1892Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness. — Henrik Ibsen · 1884Going for it2 quotes
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. — George Bernard Shaw · 1903Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. — George Bernard Shaw · 1903The human condition2 quotes
Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out and death's the other. — Tennessee Williams · 1955We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress. — Tennessee Williams · 1953Women2 quotes
Vitality in a woman is a blind fury of creation. — George Bernard Shaw · 1903Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another. — George Bernard Shaw · 1905Alcohol as balm1 quote
Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out and death's the other. — Tennessee Williams · 1955America1 quote
America is God's crucible, the great melting pot where all the races of Europe are melting and reforming! — Israel Zangwill · 1908Betrayal1 quote
We have to distrust each other. It's our only defense against betrayal. — Tennessee Williams · 1953Death1 quote
Death in itself is nothing, but we fear
To be we know not what, we know not where. — John Dryden · 1675Death as a blessing1 quote
Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out and death's the other. — Tennessee Williams · 1955Dreams1 quote
Castles in the air-they are so easy to take refuge in. And easy to build, too. — Henrik Ibsen · 1892Fame1 quote
Popularity? It is glory's small change. — Victor Hugo · 1838Fear of death1 quote
Death in itself is nothing, but we fear
To be we know not what, we know not where. — John Dryden · 1675Freedom of the press1 quote
I'm with you on the free press. It's the newspapers I can't stand. — Tom Stoppard · 1978Getting what you want1 quote
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. — George Bernard Shaw · 1903Glory1 quote
Popularity? It is glory's small change. — Victor Hugo · 1838Immigration1 quote
America is God's crucible, the great melting pot where all the races of Europe are melting and reforming! — Israel Zangwill · 1908Indifference1 quote
The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; thats the essence of inhumanity. — George Bernard Shaw · 1897Living life to the fullest1 quote
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. — George Bernard Shaw · 1903Locus of control1 quote
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. — George Bernard Shaw · 1898Love of money1 quote
I am a Millionaire. That is my religion. — George Bernard Shaw · 1905Man as social animal1 quote
We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. — J.B. Priestley · 1945Man's inhumanity to man1 quote
In the arts of life man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery all the slaughter of plague, pestilence and famine. — George Bernard Shaw · 1903Media1 quote
I'm with you on the free press. It's the newspapers I can't stand. — Tom Stoppard · 1978Men and women1 quote
Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another. — George Bernard Shaw · 1905Misanthropy1 quote
We have to distrust each other. It's our only defense against betrayal. — Tennessee Williams · 1953Money1 quote
I am a Millionaire. That is my religion. — George Bernard Shaw · 1905Mornings1 quote
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go, doesn't it? — Thornton Wilder · 1938Mystery of death1 quote
Death in itself is nothing, but we fear
To be we know not what, we know not where. — John Dryden · 1675