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George Bernard Shaw Quotes

It exasperated her to think that the dungeon in which she had languished for so many unhappy years had been unlocked all the time, and that the impulses she had so carefully struggled with and stifled for the sake of keeping well with society, were precisely those by which alone she could have come into any sort of sincere human contact Picture Quote #1

I was taught when I was young that if people would only love one another, all would be well with the world. I found when I tried to put that into practice, not only were other people seldom lovable but I wasn’t very lovable myself Picture Quote #1

Laws, religions, creeds, and systems of ethics, instead of making society better than its best unit, make it worse than its average unit, because they are never up to date Picture Quote #1

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one Picture Quote #1

Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don’t eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on Picture Quote #1

We know there is intention and purpose in the universe, because there is intention and purpose in us Picture Quote #1

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I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals Picture Quote #1

I like flowers, I also like children, but I do not chop their heads off and keep them in bowls of water around the house Picture Quote #1

A man learns to skate by staggering about and making a fool of himself. Indeed he progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself Picture Quote #1

Wicked people means people who have no love: therefore, they have no shame. They have the power to ask love because the don’t need it: they have the power to offer it because they have none to give Picture Quote #1

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths Picture Quote #1

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that only love can fill Picture Quote #1

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The mathematician is fascinated with the marvelous beauty of the forms he constructs, and in their beauty he finds everlasting truth Picture Quote #1

Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it… Picture Quote #1

I hate singers, a miserable crew who think that music exists only in their own throats Picture Quote #1

The only person who behaves sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. All the rest go on with their old measurements Picture Quote #1

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It exasperated her to think that the dungeon in which she had languished for so many unhappy years had been unlocked all the time, and that the impulses she had so carefully struggled with and stifled for the sake of keeping well with society, were precisely those by which alone she could have come into any sort of sincere human contact (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) I was taught when I was young that if people would only love one another, all would be well with the world. I found when I tried to put that into practice, not only were other people seldom lovable but I wasn’t very lovable myself (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Laws, religions, creeds, and systems of ethics, instead of making society better than its best unit, make it worse than its average unit, because they are never up to date (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don’t eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) We know there is intention and purpose in the universe, because there is intention and purpose in us (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) I like flowers, I also like children, but I do not chop their heads off and keep them in bowls of water around the house (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) A man learns to skate by staggering about and making a fool of himself. Indeed he progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Wicked people means people who have no love: therefore, they have no shame. They have the power to ask love because the don’t need it: they have the power to offer it because they have none to give (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that only love can fill (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) The mathematician is fascinated with the marvelous beauty of the forms he constructs, and in their beauty he finds everlasting truth (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it… (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) I hate singers, a miserable crew who think that music exists only in their own throats (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) The only person who behaves sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. All the rest go on with their old measurements (George Bernard Shaw Quotes)

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