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Gentle Jesus, meek and mild' is a snivelling modern invention, with no warrant in the gospels.

Gentle Jesus, meek and mild' is a snivelling modern invention, with no warrant in the gospels.

George Bernard Shaw
Jesus, Modern, Invention
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.2270, e-artnow

There are two things necessary to Salvation.... Money and gunpowder.

George Bernard Shaw
Two, Gunpowder, Salvation

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

George Bernard Shaw
Love, Marriage, People

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

George Bernard Shaw
Mistake, Political, Politics
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “Saint Joan”, p.134, Read Books Ltd

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

George Bernard Shaw
Funny, Girl, Home
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists: Women in the Home"

To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching.

George Bernard Shaw
Inspirational, Education, Teacher

Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that one is his cowardice

George Bernard Shaw
Failure, Men, Giving
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.2046, e-artnow

If you teach a man anything, he will never learn.

George Bernard Shaw
Men, Teach, Ifs
George Bernard Shaw (2007). “Back to Methuselah”, p.16, 1st World Publishing

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his care.

George Bernard Shaw
Funny, Humorous, Men
George Bernard Shaw (1988). “Collected letters: 1926-1950”, Vintage

Death is for many of us the gate of hell; but we are inside on the way out, not outside on the way in.

George Bernard Shaw
Way, Hell, Happy Death
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.2855, e-artnow

Every man deserves to be judged in the context of his times.

George Bernard Shaw
Men, Every Man, Judged

Where equality is undisputed, so also is subordination.

George Bernard Shaw
Subordination, Undisputed
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.5797, e-artnow

Remember that I too am mortal.

George Bernard Shaw
Remember, Mortals
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.419, e-artnow

Every dream is a prophecy: every jest is an earnest in the womb of Time.

George Bernard Shaw
Funny, Dream, Womb
George Bernard Shaw (2004). “John Bull's Other Island”, p.164, 1st World Publishing

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.

George Bernard Shaw
Funny, Anniversary, Marriage

We cut the throat of a calf and hang it up by the heels to bleed to death so that our veal cutlet may be white; we nail geese to a board and cram them with food because we like the taste of liver disease; we tear birds to pieces to decorate our women's hats; we mutilate domestic animals for no reason at all except to follow an instinctively cruel fashion; and we connive at the most abominable tortures in the hope of discovering some magical cure for our own diseases by them.

George Bernard Shaw
Fashion, Cutting, Animal
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.294, e-artnow

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.

George Bernard Shaw
Success, Stress, Ignorance

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

George Bernard Shaw
Death, Science, Men
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists: Fame"

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.

George Bernard Shaw
Mistake, Justice, Done

I do not want to make my stomach a graveyard of dead animals.

George Bernard Shaw
Food, Animal, Vegetarianism

What's the use of money if you have to earn it.

George Bernard Shaw
Money, Use, Ifs

Think what cowards men would be if they had to bear children. Women are altogether a superior species.

George Bernard Shaw
Children, Women, Thinking

Journalists are too poorly paid in this country to know anything that is fit for publication.

George Bernard Shaw
Country, Fit, Journalist
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.1726, e-artnow

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves.

George Bernard Shaw
World, Reformers
"The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations". Book by Evan Esar, p. 178, 1949.

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry. They can't.

George Bernard Shaw
Marriage, Believe, Men

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