“If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in? If he is not, why pretend that he is?” — George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
Tag: George Bernard Shaw
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“Englishmen never will be slaves: they are free to do whatever the Government and public opinion allows them to do.” — George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
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“Do any of us understand what we are doing? If we did, would we ever do it?” — George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
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“The fox not only declares that the grapes he cannot get are sour: he also insists that the sloes he can get are sweet.” — George Bernard Shaw, The Quintessence of Ibsenism
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“Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” — George Bernard Shaw, Everybody’s Political What’s What?
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“Though music be a universal language, it is spoken with all sorts of accents.” — George Bernard Shaw, Music in London (1890-12-10)
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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.” — George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists
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“Only by plunging into illusions to which every fact gives the lie can he persuade himself that his will is a force that can overcome all other forces, or that it is less conditioned by circumstances than a wheelbarrow is.” — George Bernard Shaw, The Quintessence of Ibsenism
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“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” — George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists
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“Do not love your neighbor as yourself. If you are on good terms with yourself it is an impertinence: if on bad, an injury.” — George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists