George Bernard Shaw Quotes about Laughter

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A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

George Bernard Shaw

Funny, Happiness, Laughter

Man and Superman act 1 (1903)

This is the true joy of life-the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown to the scrap-heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances.

George Bernard Shaw

Motivational, Happiness, Laughter

Man and Superman epistle dedicatory (1903)

That older and greater church to which I belong: the church where the oftener you laugh the better, because by laughter only can you destroy evil without malice

George Bernard Shaw

Laughter, Evil, Laughing

Unless comedy touches me as well as amuses me, it leaves me with a sense of having wasted my evening. I go to the theatre to be moved to laughter, not to be tickled or bustled into it.

George Bernard Shaw

Laughter, Theatre, Evening

George Bernard Shaw (1977). “The Portable Bernard Shaw”, Viking Adult

Audacious ribald: your laughter will finish in hideous boredom before morning.

George Bernard Shaw

Morning, Laughter, Boredom

George Bernard Shaw (2012). “Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy”, p.170, The Floating Press

The salvation of the world depends on the men who will not take evil good-humouredly, and whose laughter destroys the fool instead of encouraging him.

George Bernard Shaw

Laughter, Men, Evil

"The Quintessence of Ibsenism (What is the New Element in the Norwegian School?)". Essay by George Bernard Shaw, 1891.