George Bernard Shaw Top 10 Quotes


10

Do not try to live for ever. You will not succeed.

George Bernard Shaw (The Doctor's Dilemma, 1906)

9

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

George Bernard Shaw (Man and Superman - Maxims for Revolutionists, 1903)

8

We know now that the soul is the body, and the body the soul. They tell us they are different because they want to persuade us that we can keep our souls if we let them make slaves of our bodies.

George Bernard Shaw (Heartbreak House, 1919)

7

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

George Bernard Shaw

6

What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn't come every day.

George Bernard Shaw (Pygmalion, 1912)

5

There is something that holds us together, something that has no word... "Love. Love. Love..."

George Bernard Shaw (Back to Methuselah, 1920)

4

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

George Bernard Shaw (Man and Superman - Maxims for Revolutionists, 1903)

3

It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it.

George Bernard Shaw (Back to Methuselah, 1920)

2

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

1

I hear you say "Why?" Always "Why?" You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"

George Bernard Shaw (Back to Methuselah, 1920)

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George Bernard Shaw Biography

Born: July 26, 1856
Died: November 2, 1950

George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and activist. He is best known for his abundant plays and his contribution to literature. He was also awarded a Nobel Prize for literature in 1925.

Notable Works

Caesar and Cleopatra (1898)
Man and Superman (1903)
Back to Methuselah (1920)
Saint Joan (1923)
The Apple Cart (1928)
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