George Bernard Shaw ( 10 of 199 )
Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.
Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.
Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome,
contented, and really nice English people; and what do you read more
Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome,
contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always
find? That the stables are the real centre of the household.
Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those
that have no imagination?
Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those
that have no imagination?
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill
one another if it is not read more
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill
one another if it is not done.
People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with read more
People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them.
Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.
Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.
Every drunken skipper trusts to Providence. But one of the ways
of Providence with drunken skippers is to run read more
Every drunken skipper trusts to Providence. But one of the ways
of Providence with drunken skippers is to run them on the rocks.
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part read more
What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game... There is no reason why the field should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife's fidelity and his mother's respectability.
A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his care.
A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his care.