George Bernard Shaw
143 quotations
Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler.
Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
You cannot be a hero without being a coward.
The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.
A lifetime of happiness? No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
Of all the anti-social vested interests the worst is the vested interest in ill-health.
A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
He who has never hoped can never despair.
Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.
The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone: the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood.
Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.
A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself.
Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.
The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.
Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentlemen, he may pronounce as he pleases.
Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.