George Bernard Shaw ( 10 of 199 )
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that read more
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their kind.
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.
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.
All evolution in thought and conduct must at first appear as heresy and misconduct.
All evolution in thought and conduct must at first appear as heresy and misconduct.
Alcohol is a very necessary article . . . . It enables
Parliament to do things at eleven at read more
Alcohol is a very necessary article . . . . It enables
Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person
would do at eleven in the morning.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
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
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the read more
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
Gin was mother's milk to her.
Gin was mother's milk to her.
