George Bernard Shaw

Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first.

I have to live for others and not for myself: that’s middle-class morality.

Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.

All problems are finally scientific problems.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Painting was called silent poetry and poetry speaking painting.

Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.

Danger – if you meet it promptly and without flinching – you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: “I’m with you kid. Let’s go.”

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it.

Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has repressed. It only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.

All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.

At the end of my life, with just one breath left, if you come, I’ll sit up and sing.

No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.