George Bernard Shaw

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living.

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

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.

Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.

Everyone has the right to be stupid on occasion, but Comrade Macdonald abuses the privilege.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake . . . by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep. I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.

If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.

He that has more knowledge than judgment, is made for another man’s use more than his own.

The sky was the color of hard crimson, dripping down a canvas, the moon splashed silver across red. Her soothing balm healing my soul in swathes of calmness, I breathe in her tides and let my body be washed ashore, lying in the sands of eternity.

Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Nothing is black or white.