George Bernard Shaw ( 10 of 199 )
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, read more
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.
Woman's happiness begins with her first love and ends about then
Woman's happiness begins with her first love and ends about then
The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor
The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor
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.
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
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.
Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
