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George Bernard Shaw
What we want...
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the...
You see things;...
You see things; and say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were and say 'Why not?'
What the world...
What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it.
A life spent...
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing...
One man that...
One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.
We learn from...
We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
Source:...
Beware of false...
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
Source:
--...
If all the...
If all the economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.
A man learns...
A man learns to skate by staggering about making a fool of himself; indeed, he progresses in all things by making a...
Do not unto...
Do not unto others as you would that they would do unto you. Their tastes may not be the...
He who can,...
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
Source: Man and Superman, 'Maxims for...
All professions are...
All professions are conspiracies against the laity.
Source: The Doctor's Dilemma,...
My method is...
My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost...
I dread success....
I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by...
Martyrdom is the...
Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
Source:...
One touch of...
One touch of Darwin makes the whole world kin.
Source:
-- George Bernard Shaw,...
No question is...
No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
Nothing is worth...
Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.
Source: Hypatia, in...
Success covers a...
Success covers a multitude of blunders.
Source:
-- George Bernard Shaw, (Jul 26...
Self-sacrifice enables us...
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
Source: Man &...