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Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

George Bernard Shaw
Inspirational, Life, Gratitude
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.309, e-artnow

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

George Bernard Shaw
Funny, Wisdom, Country

Some people look at the world and say 'why?' Some people look at the world and say 'why not?'

George Bernard Shaw
Positive Thinking, People, Looks

Being a mother means that your heart is no longer yours; it wanders wherever your children do

George Bernard Shaw
Mother, Children, Pregnancy

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

George Bernard Shaw
Funny, Work, Congratulations

We learn from history that we learn nothing from history.

George Bernard Shaw
Funny, Humor, History

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

George Bernard Shaw
Sarcastic, Thinking, Careers
Major Barbara (1907) act 3

Life is a first draft... with NO rewrite.

George Bernard Shaw
Wisdom, Firsts, Life Is

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

George Bernard Shaw
Love, Life, Family
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.1142, e-artnow

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

George Bernard Shaw
Motivational, Happiness, Happy

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

George Bernard Shaw
Power, Men, Intellectual

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

George Bernard Shaw
Funny, Sarcastic, Communication

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

George Bernard Shaw
Leadership, Action, Decision Making

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

George Bernard Shaw
Men, Silence, Imperfection

Our prejudices are so deeply rooted that we never think of them as prejudices but call them common sense.

George Bernard Shaw
Thinking, Common Sense, Prejudice
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.5987, e-artnow

It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it.

George Bernard Shaw
Knowledge, Able, Action
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.3950, e-artnow

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

George Bernard Shaw
Funny, Life, Drinking

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.

George Bernard Shaw
Beauty, Beautiful, Art
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.4039, e-artnow

We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners.

George Bernard Shaw
Dresses, England, Manners
You Never Can Tell (1898) act 1

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

George Bernard Shaw
Peace, Soulmate, Honesty
The Devil's Disciple (1901) act 2

If you begin by sacrificing yourself to those you love, you will end by hating those to whom you have sacrificed yourself.

George Bernard Shaw
Hate, Love You, Sacrifice
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.4497, e-artnow

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

George Bernard Shaw
Life, Wisdom, Philosophical

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.

George Bernard Shaw
Inspirational, Education, Teacher

Our lives are shaped not as much by our experiences as by our expectations.

George Bernard Shaw
Expectations, Our Lives

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

George Bernard Shaw
Life, Religious, Atheist
George Bernard Shaw (1993). “The Complete Prefaces: 1914-1929”, Viking Adult

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