As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.
A man's work is rather the needful supplement to himself than the outcome of it.
There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.
It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.
To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.