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In the arts of life main invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery all the slaughter of plague, pestilence and famine. ... There is nothing in Man's

In the arts of life main invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery all the slaughter of plague, pestilence and famine. ... There is nothing in Man's industrial machinery but his greed and sloth: his heart is in his weapons.

George Bernard Shaw
Death, Art, Nature
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.2044, e-artnow

Hell is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.

George Bernard Shaw
Hell
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.2035, e-artnow

The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary

George Bernard Shaw
Music, Art, Real

The ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it.

George Bernard Shaw
Witty, People, Observation

The poor silly-clever Irishman takes off his hat to God's Englishman.

George Bernard Shaw
Clever, Silly, Hats
1904 Larry Doyle. John Bull's Other Island, act 1.

There is in man a specific lust for cruelty which infects even his passion of pity and makes it savage.

George Bernard Shaw
Passion, Men, Lust
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.1531, e-artnow

Don't ask me for promises until I know what I am promising.

George Bernard Shaw
Promise, Ask Me, Knows
1894 Catherine to Raina. Arms and the Man, act 1.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

George Bernard Shaw
Risk, Littles, Dangerous

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

George Bernard Shaw
Integrity, Sacrifice, Self
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists: Self-Sacrifice"

All religions begin with a revolt against morality, and perish when morality conquers them.

George Bernard Shaw
Religion, Morality, Conquer
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.4276, e-artnow

A married man forms married habits and becomes dependent on marriage just as a sailor becomes dependent on the sea.

George Bernard Shaw
Men, Sea, Sailor

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

George Bernard Shaw
Inspiration, Men, Thinking
John Bull's Other Island (1907) act 4

In your Salvation shelter I saw poverty, misery, cold and hunger. You gave them bread and treacle and dreams of heaven. I give from thirty shillings a week to twelve thousand a year. They find their own dreams; but I look after the drainage.

George Bernard Shaw
Dream, Years, Giving
George Bernard Shaw (2012). “Major Barbara”, p.72, Courier Corporation

Some persons, by hating vice too much, come to love men too little. Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred is the cowards revenge for being intimidated.

George Bernard Shaw
Revenge, Hate, Men

While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.

George Bernard Shaw
Cells, Littles, Matter
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.308, e-artnow

A man is like a phonograph with half-a-dozen records. You soon get tired of them all; and yet you have to sit at table whilst he reels them off to every new visitor.

George Bernard Shaw
Tired, Men, Records
1908 The Bishop of Chelsea. Getting Married.

Unbounded hopes were placed on each successive extension of the electoral franchise, culminating in the enfranchisement of women.These hopes have been disappointed, because the voters, male and female, being politically untrained and uneducated, have (a) no grasp of constructive measures; (b) loathe taxation as such; (c) dislike being governed at all; and (d) dread and resent any extension of official interference as an encroachment on their personal liberty.

George Bernard Shaw
Voting, Liberty, Males

The British churchgoer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbors no harm.

George Bernard Shaw
Home, Thinking, Neighbor

The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion.

George Bernard Shaw
Tolerance, Degrees, Maintaining
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “Saint Joan”, p.37, Read Books Ltd

It's usually pointed out that women are not fit for political power, and ought not to be trusted with a vote because they are politically ignorant, socially prejudiced, narrow-minded, and selfish. True enough, but precisely the same is true of men!

George Bernard Shaw
Selfish, Men, Political
Tribune (London), 12 Mar. 1906

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will admit that however unconscionable we may be when our own interests are affected, we can be most indignantly virtuous at the expense of others.

George Bernard Shaw
Self, May, Belief
"The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism". Book by George Bernard Shaw, p. 214, 1928.

No Englishman is ever fairly beaten

George Bernard Shaw
Inspiration, Englishmen, Beaten
'Saint Joan' (1924) sc. 4

The doctor learns that if he gets ahead of the superstitions of his patients he is a ruined man; and the result is that he instinctively takes care not to get ahead of them.

George Bernard Shaw
Men, Doctors, Medicine

Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity.

George Bernard Shaw
Men, Ethics, Rich

There is at bottom only one genuinely scientific treatment for all diseases, and that is to stimulate the phagocytes.

George Bernard Shaw
Disease, Treatment, Bottom
'The Doctor's Dilemma' (1911) act 1

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