Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
George Bernard Shaw
Marriage Popularity, Opportunity Humor, Marriage, Temptation, Opportunity, Popularity
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“No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.” George Bernard Shaw
Obvious Complexity, Question Irony, Question, Answer, Complexity, Obvious
George Bernard Shaw Obvious Complexity, Question Irony, Question, Answer, Complexity, Obvious“My rank is the highest known in Switzerland: I’m a free citizen.” George Bernard Shaw
Swiss Freedom, Citizenship Pride, Swiss, Freedom, Pride, Citizenship
George Bernard Shaw Swiss Freedom, Citizenship Pride, Swiss, Freedom, Pride, Citizenship“Fine art is the only teacher except torture.” George Bernard Shaw
Art’s Tough Lesson, Educational Irony, Artistic Insight, Art, Teacher, Torture
George Bernard Shaw Art’s Tough Lesson, Educational Irony, Artistic Insight, Art, Teacher, Torture“The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years.” George Bernard Shaw
Parental Affection, Time Limit, Parental, Affection, Limit, Time
George Bernard Shaw Parental Affection, Time Limit, Parental, Affection, Limit, Time“Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.” George Bernard Shaw
Achievement Limit, Summit Impermanence, Achievement, Summit, Limit, Impermanence
George Bernard Shaw Achievement Limit, Summit Impermanence, Achievement, Summit, Limit, Impermanence“The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.” George Bernard Shaw
Life Purpose, Joy Utilization, Life, Purpose, Utilization, Joy
George Bernard Shaw Life Purpose, Joy Utilization, Life, Purpose, Utilization, Joy“The idea of personal salvation is intensely repugnant to me when it is not absurd. Imagine Roosevelt, the big brute, preserving his personality in a future state and swaggering about as a celestial Rough Rider!” George Bernard Shaw
Personal Salvation, Roosevelt Critique, Personal, Salvation, Critique, Roosevelt
George Bernard Shaw Personal Salvation, Roosevelt Critique, Personal, Salvation, Critique, Roosevelt“Anarchism is a game at which the police can beat you.” George Bernard Shaw
Anarchism Police, Losing Game, Anarchism, Police, Game, Losing
George Bernard Shaw Anarchism Police, Losing Game, Anarchism, Police, Game, Losing“I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.” George Bernard Shaw
Honesty Priority, World Reform, Honesty, Reform, World, Priority
George Bernard Shaw Honesty Priority, World Reform, Honesty, Reform, World, Priority“Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society is spread.” George Bernard Shaw
Educational Integrity, Anti-Propaganda, Social Values, Schools, Propaganda, Society
George Bernard Shaw Educational Integrity, Anti-Propaganda, Social Values, Schools, Propaganda, Society“A love affair should always be a honeymoon. And the only way to make sure of that is to keep changing the man; for the same man can never keep it up.” George Bernard Shaw
Love And Change, Relationship Reflection, Romance, Love, Relationship, Change
George Bernard Shaw Love And Change, Relationship Reflection, Romance, Love, Relationship, Change“Our first duty is not to be poor.” George Bernard Shaw
Poverty Avoidance, First Duty, Poverty, Avoidance, Duty, First
George Bernard Shaw Poverty Avoidance, First Duty, Poverty, Avoidance, Duty, First“Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.” George Bernard Shaw
Life Critique, Amusement Paradox, Life, Critique, Amusement, Paradox
George Bernard Shaw Life Critique, Amusement Paradox, Life, Critique, Amusement, Paradox“Compassion is the fellow-feeling of the unsound.” George Bernard Shaw
Compassion Feeling, Unsound Empathy, Compassion, Feeling, Empathy, Unsound
George Bernard Shaw Compassion Feeling, Unsound Empathy, Compassion, Feeling, Empathy, Unsound“You don’t learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well hammered yourself.” George Bernard Shaw
Life’s Lessons, Boldness In Action, Resilience Philosophy, Guard, Attacking, Hammered
George Bernard Shaw Life’s Lessons, Boldness In Action, Resilience Philosophy, Guard, Attacking, Hammered“Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.” George Bernard Shaw
Life Tragedies, Desire Paradox, Life, Tragedies, Paradox, Desire
George Bernard Shaw Life Tragedies, Desire Paradox, Life, Tragedies, Paradox, Desire“I never expect a soldier to think.” George Bernard Shaw
Soldier Duty, Thoughtless Action, Soldier, Duty, Action, Thoughtless
George Bernard Shaw Soldier Duty, Thoughtless Action, Soldier, Duty, Action, Thoughtless“Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.” George Bernard Shaw
Human Fear, Animal Comparison, Humans, Fear, Animals, Comparison
George Bernard Shaw Human Fear, Animal Comparison, Humans, Fear, Animals, Comparison