Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.
Subject:
Cynicism
Reading
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Go on writing plays, my boy, One of these days one of these London producers will go into his office and say to his secretary, "Is there a play from Shaw this morning?" and when she says, "No," he will say, "Well, then we'll have to start on the rubbish." And that's your chance, my boy.
Subject:
Writing
Ego
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If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.
Subject:
Humor
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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.
Subject:
Humor
Marriage
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He who has never hoped can never despair.
Subject:
Hope & Dreams
Work: Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) act 4
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Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.
Subject:
Success
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The love of economy is the root of all virtue.
Subject:
Economics
Virtue
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I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and the message of Art that has made these hands blessed. Amen. Amen.
Subject:
Beauty
Art
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Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
Subject:
Beauty
Mortality
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The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.
Subject:
Happiness
Time
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I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
Subject:
Quotations
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The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
Subject:
Lies
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Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Subject:
Democracy
Government
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My reputation grows with every failure.
Subject:
Reputation
Failure
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An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.
Subject:
Democracy
Politics
Politicians
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It is a noteworthy fact that kicking and beating have played so considerable a part in the habits which necessity has imposed on mankind in past ages that the only way of preventing civilized men from beating and kicking their wives is to organize games in which they can kick and beat balls.
Subject:
Sports & Competition
Sarcasm
Human Nature
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The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.
Subject:
Love & Romance
Quotes from Plays
Work: The Philanderer (1898) act 2
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What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
Subject:
Knowledge
Children
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The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
Subject:
Conversation
Speech
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Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
Subject:
Wisdom
Quotes from Plays
Work: Man and Superman (1903), Maxims for Revolutionists
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