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Hell is full of musical amateurs. - George Bernard Shaw

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. - George Bernard Shaw

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. - George Bernard Shaw

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier. - George Bernard Shaw

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. - George Bernard Shaw

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. - George Bernard Shaw

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. - George Bernard Shaw

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself. - George Bernard Shaw

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing. - George Bernard Shaw

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years. - George Bernard Shaw

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. - George Bernard Shaw

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. - George Bernard Shaw

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth. - George Bernard Shaw

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does. - George Bernard Shaw

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying. - George Bernard Shaw

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. - George Bernard Shaw

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul. - George Bernard Shaw

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people. - George Bernard Shaw

I want to be all used up when I die. - George Bernard Shaw

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. - George Bernard Shaw

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