George Bernard Shaw Quotes

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw

Life, Mistakes, Nothing

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw

Funny, Government, Support

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
George Bernard Shaw

Wisdom, Knowledge, Ignorance

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.
George Bernard Shaw

Learning, Long, Learned

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw

Old, Playing, Stop

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
George Bernard Shaw

Communication, Single, Problem

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
George Bernard Shaw

Love, Curiosity

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
George Bernard Shaw

Life, Yourself, Finding

George Bernard Shaw Quote

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
George Bernard Shaw

Happiness, May, Done

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
George Bernard Shaw

Done, Cannot, Interrupt

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
George Bernard Shaw

Wisdom, Future, Wise

Youth is wasted on the young.
George Bernard Shaw

Young, Youth, Wasted

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
George Bernard Shaw

Change, Cannot, Impossible

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
George Bernard Shaw

Family, Happy, Heaven

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
George Bernard Shaw

Family, May, Cannot

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.
George Bernard Shaw

Life, Alcohol, Endure

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
George Bernard Shaw

Education, Art, Science

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.
George Bernard Shaw

Learning, History, Experience

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.
George Bernard Shaw

Best, Dance, Teach

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
George Bernard Shaw

Democracy, Deserve, Shall

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
George Bernard Shaw

Liar, Cannot, Else

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.
George Bernard Shaw

Women, Men, Long

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.
George Bernard Shaw

Peace, Happiness, Pain

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
George Bernard Shaw

Society, Time, Rich

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.
George Bernard Shaw

Life, Health, Yourself

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Dramatist

Born: July 26, 1856

Died: November 2, 1950

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