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George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
About Author: Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
Quotes:This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
Audacious ribald: your laughter will finish in hideous boredom before morning.
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
Beware of the man whose God is in the skies.
There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.
Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
A learned man is an idler who kills time with study. Beware of his false knowledge: it is more dangerous than ignorance.
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
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.
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