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Drama (play)14 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 · 1903The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. — George Bernard Shaw · 1903I am a Millionaire. That is my religion. — George Bernard Shaw · 1905Vitality in a woman is a blind fury of creation. — George Bernard Shaw · 1903A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. — George Bernard Shaw · 1903The 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 · 1897All 14 quotes →Comedy (play)3 quotes
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. — George Bernard Shaw · 1909When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part. — George Bernard Shaw · 1908We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. — George Bernard Shaw · 1894Satire2 quotes
The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me. — George Bernard Shaw · 1898People 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 · 1898Biography1 quote
The secret of success is to offend the greatest number of people. — George Bernard Shaw · 1949Political literature1 quote
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. — George Bernard Shaw · 1944