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227 Famous Quotes by George Bernard Shaw
7/26/1856 - 11/2/1950
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Bernard George     George B Shaw     GBS
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Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness but it is greatness.

Greatness Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.

Patriotism Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Murder Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw , Source: The Showing-Up of Blanco Posnet

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Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Sacrifice Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hate Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'

Dreams Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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The only real failure in life is the failure to try.

Inspirational Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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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.

Philosophy Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw , Source: Man and Superman (act III)

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My situation is a solemn one. Life is offered to me on condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is better than cannibalism. My will contains directions for my funeral, which will be followed not by mourning coaches, but by oxen, sheep, flocks of poultry, and a small traveling aquarium of live fish, all wearing white scarf's in honor of the man who perished rather than eat his fellow creatures.

Death Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Knowledge Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hatred Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Revenge Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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There are two tragedies in life: one is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it.

Tragedy Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

Action Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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Communism is a Christian heresy

Communism Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Genius Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

Patriotism Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Patriotism Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

Patriotism Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw , Source: O'Flaherty, V.C.

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You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'

Imagination Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.

Opinions Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

Age Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

Alcohol Quotes, by George Bernard Shaw

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