George Bernard Shaw

When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them. But when they are away, we console ourselves for their absence by dwelling on their vices.

I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and the message of Art that has made these hands blessed. Amen. Amen.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.

A man who has no office to go to – I don’t care who he is – is a trial of which you can have no conception.

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Consequences are unpitying.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

One definition of man is an intelligence served by organs.

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Oh man! There is no planet sun or star could hold you, if you but knew what you are.

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

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

All the great ages have been ages of belief.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.

To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler and less trouble.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.