George Bernard Shaw ( 10 of 199 )
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
Of all human struggles there is none so treacherous and
remorseless as the struggle between the artist man and read more
Of all human struggles there is none so treacherous and
remorseless as the struggle between the artist man and the mother
woman.
You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window read more
You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world
The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our
difference: to be in hell is to drift: to read more
The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our
difference: to be in hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to
steer.
If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and read more
If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.
Alcohol is a very necessary article . . . . It enables
Parliament to do things at eleven at read more
Alcohol is a very necessary article . . . . It enables
Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person
would do at eleven in the morning.
Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should read more
Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should have this fact for its basis.
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, read more
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.
