" All great truths begin as blasphemies. "

George Bernard Shaw, Annajanska (1919) Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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

George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) “Maxims for Revolutionists” Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" Beware of the man whose God is in the skies. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. "

George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion (1916) preface Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" England and America are two countries seperated by the same language. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" He who has never hoped can never despair. "

George Bernard Shaw, Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) act 4 Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me. "

George Bernard Shaw, The Apple Cart (1930) Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" He who has never hoped can never despair. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" Take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then say it with the utmost levity. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich–something for nothing. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" Pardon him, Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature. "

George Bernard Shaw, “Ceasar and Cleopatra” Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" The 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 Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. "

George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) “Maxims for Revolutionists” Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. "

George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara (1907) act 3 Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" The 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 Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

" If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience. "

George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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