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Where there is no knowledge ignorance calls itself science.

Where there is no knowledge ignorance calls itself science.

George Bernard Shaw
Ignorance, Knowledge, Science
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.317, e-artnow

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

George Bernard Shaw
Forgiveness, Blow, Men
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists: Stray Sayings"

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

George Bernard Shaw
Trust, Karma, Betrayal
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.4190, e-artnow

The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.

George Bernard Shaw
Money, Business, Class

When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.

George Bernard Shaw
Wise, Humor, Funny Witty

Treat a friend as a person who may someday become your enemy; an enemy as a person who may someday become your friend.

George Bernard Shaw
Loyalty, Enemy, May

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

George Bernard Shaw
Funny, Birthday, Time
Man and Superman "Maxims for Revolutionists" (1903)

There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.

George Bernard Shaw
Dangerous, Dangerous Things, Bigots

I can't control what life did to me, but I can control how I react. Therein lies the difference.

George Bernard Shaw
Lying, Differences, I Can

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

George Bernard Shaw
Men

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

George Bernard Shaw
Inspirational, Life, Happy

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

George Bernard Shaw
Funny, Forever, Eulogy
From his Preface on Doctors published with The Doctor's Dilemma (1911)

Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid...There is no harm in a well-fed lion. It has no ideals, no sect, no party.

George Bernard Shaw
Peace, War, Party

The best way to get your point across is to entertain.

George Bernard Shaw
Way, Best Way

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

George Bernard Shaw
Stress, People, Worry
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.2917, e-artnow

If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.

George Bernard Shaw
Inspirational, Life, Success

It is the first duty of every man not to be poor.

George Bernard Shaw
Men, Firsts, Poor

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

George Bernard Shaw
Inspirational, Sad, Military
Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) act 3

Tradition will accustom people to any atrocity

George Bernard Shaw
People, Atrocities, Tradition

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

George Bernard Shaw
Revenge, Hate, Hatred
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.1477, e-artnow

Marx's Kapital is not a treatise on socialism; it is a gerrymand against the bourgeoisie. It was supposed to be written for the working class, but the working man respects the bourgeoisie and wants to be a bourgeoisie. Marx never got a hold of him for a moment. It was the revolting sons of the bourgeoisie itself, like myself, that painted the flag red. The middle and upper classes are the revolutionary element in society. The proletariat is the conservative element.

George Bernard Shaw
Son, Men, Class

Grain by grain, a loaf. Stone upon stone, a palace.

George Bernard Shaw
Progress, Stones, Palaces

I believe in the discipline of silence, and could talk for hours about it.

George Bernard Shaw
Inspirational, Funny, Believe

It is not the number of years we have behind us, but the number we have before us, that makes us careful and responsible and determined to find out the truth about everything.

George Bernard Shaw
Responsibility, Years, Numbers
George Bernard Shaw (2007). “Back to Methuselah”, p.313, 1st World Publishing

Success covers a multitude of blunders.

George Bernard Shaw
Inspirational, Success, Congratulations
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