George Bernard Shaw ( 10 of 199 )
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of read more
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. read more
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you read more
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.
Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a read more
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.
A healthy nation is as unconscious of its nationality as a
healthy man of his bones. But if you read more
A healthy nation is as unconscious of its nationality as a
healthy man of his bones. But if you break a nation's
nationality it will think of nothing else but getting it set
again.
I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.
I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.
The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive
at a reasonable conclusion, we still. read more
The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive
at a reasonable conclusion, we still. . . must close our minds
for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our
conclusions.
