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Quotes by George Bernard Shaw

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

George Bernard Shaw:

(1856 - 1950) Irish novelist, playright and critic. Winner of Nobel prize for literature.

  • We don’t stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.
  • Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization.
  • If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
  • Dancing: The vertical expression of a horizontal desire legalized by music.
  • If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, they wouldn’t reach any conclusion.
  • The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
  • Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
  • Those who can do, those who can’t teach.
  • A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
  • Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
  • He who can does — he who cannot, teaches.
  • Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

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