George Bernard Shaw ( 10 of 199 )
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he read more
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means
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.
Titles distinguish the mediocre, embarrass the superior, and are
disgraced by the inferior.
Titles distinguish the mediocre, embarrass the superior, and are
disgraced by the inferior.
The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor
The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor
Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
