George Bernard Shaw

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

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.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books nobody reads.

The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents drawn up by men who were forced by the sternest circumstances to think out what they really had to face, instead of chopping logic in a university classroom.

Sometimes too much drink is barely enough.

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.

Society always consists in the greatest part, of young and foolish persons.

Shallow people believe in luck and in circumstances; Strong people believe in cause and effect.

The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.

Many might go to Heaven with half the labor they go to hell.

People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and servants of business.

That after an hour’s silence he can say, The one thing I cannot stand is dampness… That’s all, it took him an hour to work that out.

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Nothing does Reason more Right, than the Coolness of those that offer it: for Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers.