George Bernard Shaw
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George Bernard Shaw, the acclaimed playwright and critic, was celebrated for his sharp wit and incisive observations on society, politics, and human nature. His quotes reflect his humor, intelligence, and unwavering commitment to challenging conventional thinking. Together, they offer thought-provoking insights, clever commentary, and timeless wisdom that continue to inspire reflection and dialogue.
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality of happiness, and by no means a necessity of life.
From Androcles and the Lion
A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
From Candida
You may remember that on earth—though of course we never confessed it—the death of anyone we knew, even those we liked best, was always mingled with a certain satisfaction at being finally done with them.
From Man and Superman
Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which children are kept to prevent them disturbing and chaperoning their parent.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality of happiness, and by no means a necessity of life.
From Androcles and the Lion
A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
From Candida
You may remember that on earth—though of course we never confessed it—the death of anyone we knew, even those we liked best, was always mingled with a certain satisfaction at being finally done with them.
From Man and Superman
Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which children are kept to prevent them disturbing and chaperoning their parent.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality of happiness, and by no means a necessity of life.
From Androcles and the Lion
A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
From Candida
You may remember that on earth—though of course we never confessed it—the death of anyone we knew, even those we liked best, was always mingled with a certain satisfaction at being finally done with them.
From Man and Superman
Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which children are kept to prevent them disturbing and chaperoning their parent.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
