Truth telling is not compatible with the defence of the realm. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Is the devil to have all the passions as well as all the good tunes? — George Bernard Shaw Devil Copy Share Image
Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler; I don't like beer. — George Bernard Shaw Alcohol Copy Share Image
We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way. — George Bernard Shaw Civilization Copy Share Image
How can what an Englishman believes be hearsay? It is a contradiction in terms. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste. — George Bernard Shaw Atheism Copy Share Image
If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat — George Bernard Shaw Care Copy Share Image
Optimistic lies have such immense therapeutic value that a doctor who cannot tell them convincingly has mistaken his profession. — George Bernard Shaw Doctor Copy Share Image
I've posed nude for a photographer in the manner of Rodin's Thinker, but I merely looked constipated. — George Bernard Shaw Inspirational Copy Share Image
“Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned. May not one lost soul be permitted to abstain?” — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
To the person with a toothache, even if the world is tottering, there is nothing more important than a visit to a… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I learned more from the first stupid woman who fell in love with me than ever my brains taught me. — George Bernard Shaw Brain Copy Share Image
The notion that disarmament can put a stop to war is contradicted by the nearest dogfight. — George Bernard Shaw Disarmament Copy Share Image
A book is like a child: it is easier to bring it into the world than to control it when it is… — George Bernard Shaw Book Copy Share Image
A newspaper, not having to act on its descriptions and reports, but only to sell them to idly curious people, has nothing… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
A modern gentleman [rich person] is necessarily the enemy of his country. Even in war he does not fight to defend it,… — George Bernard Shaw Country Copy Share Image
What is really important in Man is the part of him that we do not understand. Of much of it we are… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Taking all the round of professions and occupations, you will find that every man is the worse for being poor; and the… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I have never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from other… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“That is what all the poets do: they talk to themselves outloud and the world overhears them. But it's horribly lonely not… — George Bernard Shaw Poetry Copy Share Image
“Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read." [As quoted… — George Bernard Shaw Books Copy Share Image
The fact that we can become accustomed to anything, however disgusting at first, makes it necessary to examine carefully everything we have… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself. — George Bernard Shaw Curiosity Copy Share Image
In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I hate performers who debase great works of art; I long for their annihilation. — George Bernard Shaw Annihilation Copy Share Image
I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist. — George Bernard Shaw Christian Copy Share Image
Trade unionism is not socialism. It is the capitalism of the proletariat. — George Bernard Shaw Capitalism Copy Share Image
The poor silly-clever Irishman takes off his hat to God's Englishman. — George Bernard Shaw Clever Copy Share Image
A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Every step of progress means a duty repudiated, and a scripture torn up. — George Bernard Shaw Bible Copy Share Image
The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination — George Bernard Shaw Empathy Copy Share Image