George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
George Bernard Shaw

Love, Beauty, Truth

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.
George Bernard Shaw

Men, Until, Social

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
George Bernard Shaw

Knowledge, Child, Pursuit

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
George Bernard Shaw

Difficult, Question, Answer

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
George Bernard Shaw

Virtue, Vice, Consists

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
George Bernard Shaw

Moral, Thinks, Englishman

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.
George Bernard Shaw

Christian, Communist, Obliges

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.
George Bernard Shaw

Enjoy, Makes, Worth

My reputation grows with every failure.
George Bernard Shaw

Failure, Reputation, Grows

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.
George Bernard Shaw

Men, Happen, Old

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
George Bernard Shaw

Sacrifice, Blushing, Enables

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.
George Bernard Shaw

Sometimes, Wrong, Majority

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.
George Bernard Shaw

Everybody, Secrets, Kept

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.
George Bernard Shaw

Nice, Until, Adore

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
George Bernard Shaw

Often, Spice, Adds

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.
George Bernard Shaw

Famous, Become, Ability

Property is organized robbery.
George Bernard Shaw

Property, Robbery, Organized

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
George Bernard Shaw

Patriotism, Human, Quiet

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.
George Bernard Shaw

Life, Men, Death

Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.
George Bernard Shaw

Marriage, Good, Enough

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
George Bernard Shaw

Cannot, Teaches

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.
George Bernard Shaw

Live, Dying, Merit

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.
George Bernard Shaw

Men, Nothing, Done

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.
George Bernard Shaw

Travel, Home, Feeling

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.
George Bernard Shaw

Peace, War, Arduous

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Dramatist

Born: July 26, 1856

Died: November 2, 1950

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