119 quotes by George Bernard Shaw

“The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“The love of economy is the root of all virtue.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.” — George Bernard Shaw

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

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“Every man over forty is a scoundrel.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” — George Bernard Shaw

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

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“Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“Hell is full of musical amateurs.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.” — George Bernard Shaw

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

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“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.” — George Bernard Shaw

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