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George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist who had a significant impact on Western theatre, culture, and politics. He was born on July 26, 1856, in Dublin, Ireland. He moved to London in 1876, where he worked as a music and theatre critic. He became a prominent ... show more

quote icon A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

- George Bernard Shaw

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quote icon “A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”

- George Bernard Shaw

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quote icon The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.

- George Bernard Shaw

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

- George Bernard Shaw

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quote icon 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

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quote icon We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

- George Bernard Shaw

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

- George Bernard Shaw

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quote icon To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.

- George Bernard Shaw

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quote icon Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

- George Bernard Shaw

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quote icon "Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself"

- George Bernard Shaw

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quote icon A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

- George Bernard Shaw

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quote icon L'uomo non smette di giocare perché invecchia ma invecchia perché smette di giocare.

- George Bernard Shaw

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quote icon The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it.

- George Bernard Shaw

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quote icon Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

- George Bernard Shaw

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quote icon Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

- George Bernard Shaw

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quote icon The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

- George Bernard Shaw

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