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Witty Quotes by George Bernard Shaw
- There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.
- Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.
- A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
- First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
- If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.
- Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.
- There is no sincerer love than the love of food.
- Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window…
- It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
- Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
- We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
- The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.
- The sincerest love is the love of food.
More Witty Quotes
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- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Wit is educated insolence. — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
- It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
- Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
- One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. — Jane Austen
- Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. — Richard Bach
- If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. — Tallulah Bankhead