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George Bernard Shaw Quotes

«To correct an Englishman's pronunciation is to imply that he is not quite a gentleman.»
«The most tragic thing in the world is a sick doctor.»
«The man with toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound.»
«The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.»
«The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot understand the bureaucracy: it can only worship the national idols.»
«One touch of Darwin makes the whole world kin.»
«My reputation grew with every failure.»
«Do you know what a pessimist is? A man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.»
«A man's interest in the world is only the overflow from his interest in himself. When you are a child your vessel is not yet full; so you care for nothing but your own affairs. When you grow up, your vessel overflows. . .»
«Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.»