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Author: George Bernard Shaw
All my life affection has been showered on me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
People
Self
Success
Affection
Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Beliefs
Money
People
Wealth
Convictions
Modern society
Patriotism is the conviction that your country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Beliefs
Government
Patriotism
There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Death
Hanging
A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone had licked it.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Appearance
Insults
About Isadora Duncan
The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Communication
Conversation
Insults
Speech
War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Conflict
People
War
(also Bertrand Russell)
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Intelligence
My way of joking is to tell the truth.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Beliefs
Honesty
Truth
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Communication
Assassination
Censorship
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Emotions
Happiness
The brain is entirely fat… without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Intelligence
Brain
There would never be any public agreement among doctors if they did not agree to agree on the main point of the doctor being always on the right.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Doctors
Health
Occupations
Work
We learn from experience that men never learn from experience.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Education
Learning
Experience
There are two tragedies in life; one is not to get your heart’s desire, the other is to get it.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Life
Situations
Tragedy
England and America are two countries separated by a common language.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
America
Communication
England
Language
Places
Separated
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Dance
Family
Past
Relationships
Situations
Things
Time
Skeleton
The faults of the burglar are qualities of the financier.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Occupations
Work
Burglar
Financier
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Characteristics
People
Respect
Shame
Lack of money is the root of all evil.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Money
Poverty
Root of all evil
Newspapers are unable, seemingly, to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Communication
Newspapers
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