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Men get tired of everything, ...

Men get tired of everything, of heaven no less than of hell; and that all history is nothing but a record of the oscillations of the world between these two extremes. An epoch is but a swing of the pendulum; and each generation thinks the world is progressing because it is always moving.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

I make a fortune from critici...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Once there was a time when al...

Once there was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time is called the Dark Ages. He who can, does. He who cannot teaches.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

The right to know is like the...

The right to know is like the right to live. It is fundamental and unconditional in its assumption that knowledge, like life, is a desirable thing.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Heaven, as conventionally con...

Heaven, as conventionally conceived, is a place so inane, so dull, so useless, so miserable that nobody has ever ventured to describe a whole day in heaven, though plenty of people have described a day at the seaside.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Give women the vote, and in f...

Give women the vote, and in five years there will be a crushing tax on bachelors.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

I don't know if there are men...

I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

In a stupid nation the man of...

In a stupid nation the man of genius becomes a god : everybody worships him and nobody does his will.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Make money and the whole nati...

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

A miracle is an event which c...

A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

I do not know what I think un...

I do not know what I think until I write it.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

A genius is a person who is s...

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people has a different set of ethical valuations from their and has energy enough to give effect to this extra vision and its valuations in whatever manner best suits his or her

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Never resist temptation: prov...

Never resist temptation: prove all things: hold fast that which is good.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

The great secret, Eliza, is n...

The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no thirdclass carriages, and one soul is as good as another.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

In an ugly and unhappy world ...

In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Success covers a multitude of...

Success covers a multitude of blunders.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Reminiscences make one feel s...

Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

You have to choose between tr...

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the government. And, with due respect to these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Our ideals, like the gods of ...

Our ideals, like the gods of old, are constantly demanding human sacrifices.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

The longer I live, the more I...

The longer I live, the more I realize that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time!

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

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