A THREAD on timeless quotes by George Bernard Shaw:
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society.
The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society.
The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
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Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.
Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.
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You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.
You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.
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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
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All great truths begin as blasphemies.
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
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We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
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When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
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Liberty means responsibility.
That is why most men dread it.
Liberty means responsibility.
That is why most men dread it.
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The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.
The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality of happiness, and by no means a necessity of life.
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.
The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality of happiness, and by no means a necessity of life.
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Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.
Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.
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He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything.
That points clearly to a political career.
He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything.
That points clearly to a political career.
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
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All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions.
All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions.
All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions.
All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions.
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
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Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.
Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.
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Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.
Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.
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Imagination is the beginning of creation.
You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
Imagination is the beginning of creation.
You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
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Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
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Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.
Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.
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You have learnt something.
That always feels at first as if you have lost something.
You have learnt something.
That always feels at first as if you have lost something.
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