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George Bernard Shaw Quotes
«I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Criticism,
Government
| Keywords:
criticizing, government in, policy, taxes, the government
«The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it hurts to touch them»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Ethics
| Keywords:
decayed, hurts, morals, nations, teeth, tooth decay
«When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them. But when they are away, we console ourselves for their absence by dwelling on their vices.»
«Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Achievement,
Beauty,
Glory,
Humanity,
Knowledge,
Truth,
Virtue
| Keywords:
abided, abide by, Abide With Me, abiding, glory, on paper, paper
«I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
convalescence, illness, The Illness
«Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Family,
Mankind,
Social service
| Keywords:
bring up, rendered, social service
«A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.»
«If you go to Heaven without being naturally qualified for it, you will not enjoy yourself there»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
enjoy, Enjoy Yourself, go to, Go To Heaven, heaven, naturally, qualified, qualifies, qualify, qualifying
«Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Alcohol
| Keywords:
alcohol, anesthesia, operation