George Bernard Shaw Quotes, Character Quotes, Men Quotes

What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances.

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Physically there is nothing to distinguish human society from the farm-yard except that children are more troublesome and costly than chickens and calves and that men and women are not so completely enslaved as farm stock.

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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

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I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul.

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How you ought properly to spell 'fish' in English: 'goti' .

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I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me as a flower girl, and always will; but I know I can be a lady to you, because you always treat me as a lady, and always will.

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Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that one is his cowardice

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Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should have this fact for its basis.

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You can rave about Stravinsky without the slightest risk of being classified as a lunatic by the next generation .

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It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

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There was only one virtue, pugnacity; only one vice, pacifism. That is an essential condition of war.

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A love affair should always be a honeymoon. And the only way to make sure of that is to keep changing the man; for the same man can never keep it up.

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An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

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Of the three official objects of our prison system: vengeance, deterrence, and reformation of the criminal, only one is achieved; and that is the one which is nakedly abominable.

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The Anti-Vivisector does not deny that physiologists must make experiments and even take chances with new methods. He says that they must not seek knowledge by criminal methods, just as they must not make money by criminal methods. He does not object to Galileo dropping cannon balls from the top of the leaning tower of Pisa; but he would object to shoving off two dogs or American tourists.

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Thus, I blush to add, you can not be a philosopher and a good man, though you may be a philosopher and a great one.

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A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his care.

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Youth is just wasted on young people.

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When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.

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I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... if you have one.

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