George Bernard Shaw Quotes - Page 3

Irish - Dramatist July 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950 Read full biography

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. George Bernard Shaw

Punishment, Anyone, Else

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. George Bernard Shaw

Education, Art, Folly

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. George Bernard Shaw

Expect, Unto, Tastes

A happy family is but an earlier heaven. - George Bernard Shaw

A happy family is but an earlier heaven. George Bernard Shaw

Family, Happy, Earlier

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. - George Bernard Shaw

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. George Bernard Shaw

Success, Success Is, Number

Lack of money is the root of all evil. - George Bernard Shaw

Lack of money is the root of all evil. George Bernard Shaw

Money, Evil, Root

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man. George Bernard Shaw

Happy, Mistake, Everyone

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. - George Bernard Shaw

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. George Bernard Shaw

Desire, Other, Tragedies

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles. George Bernard Shaw

Sense, Explain, We Cannot

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself. George Bernard Shaw

Courage, Image, Which

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

Blind, See, Against

If a woman can, by careful selection of a father and nourishment of herself, produce a citizen with efficient senses, sound organs and a good digestion, she should clearly be secured a sufficient reward for that natural service to make her willing to undertake and repeat it. George Bernard Shaw

Woman, Good Digestion

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

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

Communication, Myself, Quote

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. - George Bernard Shaw

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. George Bernard Shaw

Extreme, Form, Assassination

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else. - George Bernard Shaw

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else. George Bernard Shaw

Love, Exaggeration, Gross

All great truths begin as blasphemies. - George Bernard Shaw

All great truths begin as blasphemies. George Bernard Shaw

Truth, Great, Truths

There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot. George Bernard Shaw

Conscience, More, Bigot

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare. George Bernard Shaw

Say, Prime, Minister

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed. George Bernard Shaw

Succeed, Try, Will

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means. George Bernard Shaw

Religion, Always, Ever

What is the use of writing plays, what is the use of writing anything, if there is not a will which finally moulds chaos itself into a race of gods. George Bernard Shaw

Chaos, Which, Plays

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. - George Bernard Shaw

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. George Bernard Shaw

Freedom, Most, Means

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. George Bernard Shaw

Life, Die, More

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth. George Bernard Shaw

Soul, Independence, Middle

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious. George Bernard Shaw

Doing, May, Unless

I want to be all used up when I die. George Bernard Shaw

Want, Die, Used

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