Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
George Bernard Shaw
Marriage Irony, Partnership Humor, Marriage, Humor, Irony, Partnership
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“Plato long ago pointed out the importance of being governed by men with sufficient sense of responsibility and comprehension of public duties to be very reluctant to undertake the work of governing.” George Bernard Shaw
Philosophical Governance, Public Duty, Leadership Insight, Plato, Governance, Responsibility
George Bernard Shaw Philosophical Governance, Public Duty, Leadership Insight, Plato, Governance, Responsibility“Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning.” George Bernard Shaw
Imitative Learning, Flattery Perspective, Educational Insight, Imitation, Learning, Flattery
George Bernard Shaw Imitative Learning, Flattery Perspective, Educational Insight, Imitation, Learning, Flattery“Heartbreak is life educating us.” George Bernard Shaw
Heartbreak Reflection, Life’s Lessons, Emotional Growth, Heartbreak, Life, Education
George Bernard Shaw Heartbreak Reflection, Life’s Lessons, Emotional Growth, Heartbreak, Life, Education“Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.” George Bernard Shaw
Leadership Myth, Artificial Power, Kings, Leadership, Illusion, Influence
George Bernard Shaw Leadership Myth, Artificial Power, Kings, Leadership, Illusion, Influence“Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.” George Bernard Shaw
Sports Comparison, Time Advantage, Baseball, Cricket, Sports, Advantage
George Bernard Shaw Sports Comparison, Time Advantage, Baseball, Cricket, Sports, Advantage“Some people look at the world and say ‘why?’ Some people look at the world and say ‘why not?’” George Bernard Shaw
Perspective Change, World View, Perspective, Change, View, World
George Bernard Shaw Perspective Change, World View, Perspective, Change, View, World“Justice is impartiality. Only strangers are impartial.” George Bernard Shaw
Justice Impartiality, Stranger Fairness, Justice, Impartiality, Fairness, Stranger
George Bernard Shaw Justice Impartiality, Stranger Fairness, Justice, Impartiality, Fairness, Stranger“I can’t turn your soul on. Leave me those feelings; and you can take away the voice and the face. They are not you.” George Bernard Shaw
Soul, Emotion, Identity, Connection, Feelings, Self
George Bernard Shaw Soul, Emotion, Identity, Connection, Feelings, Self“Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.” George Bernard Shaw
Learning Desire, Experience And Wisdom, Educational Insight, Experience, Desire, Learning
George Bernard Shaw Learning Desire, Experience And Wisdom, Educational Insight, Experience, Desire, Learning“England and America are two countries separated by the same language.” George Bernard Shaw
Language Difference, Cultural Divide, Language, Difference, Cultural, Divide
George Bernard Shaw Language Difference, Cultural Divide, Language, Difference, Cultural, Divide“All autobiographies are lies. I do not mean unconscious, unintentional lies: I mean deliberate lies.” George Bernard Shaw
Autobiography Critique, Truth And Lies, Self-Reflection, Autobiography, Lies, Truth
George Bernard Shaw Autobiography Critique, Truth And Lies, Self-Reflection, Autobiography, Lies, Truth“A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.” George Bernard Shaw
Artist Sacrifice, Creative Dedication, Artist, Sacrifice, Dedication, Creative
George Bernard Shaw Artist Sacrifice, Creative Dedication, Artist, Sacrifice, Dedication, Creative“Life is a disease; and the only difference between one man and another is the stage of the disease at which he lives.” George Bernard Shaw
Life Disease, Existential Stages, Life, Disease, Stages, Existential
George Bernard Shaw Life Disease, Existential Stages, Life, Disease, Stages, Existential“To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching.” George Bernard Shaw
Teaching Salvation, Human Hope, Teaching, Salvation, Hope, Human
George Bernard Shaw Teaching Salvation, Human Hope, Teaching, Salvation, Hope, Human“We are the living graves of murdered beasts, slaughtered to satisfy our appetites. How can we hope in this world to attain the peace we say we are so anxious for?” George Bernard Shaw
Peace, Animals, Ethics, Suffering, Society, Humanity
George Bernard Shaw Peace, Animals, Ethics, Suffering, Society, Humanity“If you leave your art, the world will beat you back to it. The world has not an ambition worth sharing, or a prize worth handling.” George Bernard Shaw
Art, Creativity, Passion, Ambition, Life, Purpose
George Bernard Shaw Art, Creativity, Passion, Ambition, Life, Purpose“We are members one of another; so that you cannot injure or help your neighbor without injuring or helping yourself.” George Bernard Shaw
Mutual Help, Neighbor Connection, Mutual, Help, Connection, Neighbor
George Bernard Shaw Mutual Help, Neighbor Connection, Mutual, Help, Connection, Neighbor“You know, Tolstoy, like myself, wasn’t taken in by superstitions like science and medicine.” George Bernard Shaw
Superstition, Science, Medicine, Skepticism, Belief, Rationality
George Bernard Shaw Superstition, Science, Medicine, Skepticism, Belief, Rationality