Civilization is a disease produced by the practice of building societies with rotten material.
George Bernard ShawLove is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.
George Bernard ShawYou practically do not use semicolons at all. This is a symptom of mental defectiveness, probably induced by camp life.
George Bernard ShawDeep knowledge is not knowledge of the thing itself, but knowledge of a thing like the thing. Then, you gain not one knowledge, but two knowledges. Of the thing. And of the original thing with is like the thing. Which is the barbarism of the privileged class.
George Bernard ShawIf you can say a thing with one stroke, unanswerably you have style; if not, you are at best a marchande de plaisir; a decorative litt
George Bernard ShawI have prophesied about the faith of Muhammad that it would be acceptable to the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today. ... I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much-needed peace and happiness.
George Bernard Shaw