1856-1950, Irish-born British Dramatist
Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the poor people who will snivel: they don't know; and they think they will live for ever, which makes death a division instead of a bond.
George Bernard Shaw – [Bereavement]
Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's heart; but death is a splendid thing –a warfare accomplished, a beginning all over again, a triumph. You can always see that in their faces.
George Bernard Shaw – [Death and Dying]
Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But every Englishman loves a pedigree.
George Bernard Shaw – [Ancestry]
Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.
George Bernard Shaw – [Youth]
Every doctor will allow a colleague to decimate a whole countryside sooner than violate the bond of professional etiquette by giving him away.
George Bernard Shaw – [Doctors]
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
George Bernard Shaw – [Age and Aging]
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
George Bernard Shaw – [Experience]
Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.
George Bernard Shaw – [Fashion]
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation for myself thinking once or twice a week.
George Bernard Shaw – [Thoughts and Thinking]
Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
George Bernard Shaw – [Cleverness]
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it.
George Bernard Shaw – [Love]
Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!
George Bernard Shaw – [Forgiveness]
Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich, something for nothing.
George Bernard Shaw – [Gambling]
Give a man health and a course to steer; and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.
George Bernard Shaw – [Happiness]
Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always find? That the stables are the real center of the household.
George Bernard Shaw – [Horses]
Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.
George Bernard Shaw – [Arts and Artists]
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
George Bernard Shaw – [Hatred]
He didn't dare to, because his father had a weak heart and habitually threatened to drop dead if anybody hurt his feelings. You may have noticed that people with weak hearts are the tyrants of English married life.
George Bernard Shaw – [Family]
He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
George Bernard Shaw – [Politicians and Politics]
He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.
George Bernard Shaw – [Motives]
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