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An allianceMarriage 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.
George Bernard Shaw | marriage
An allianceMarriage 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.
George Bernard Shaw | marriage
BaseballBaseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
George Bernard Shaw | sport
Bringing up a familyPerhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.
George Bernard Shaw | family
Earlier heavenA happy family is but an earlier heaven.
George Bernard Shaw | family
EconomistsIf all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
George Bernard Shaw | money
England and AmericaEngland and America are two countries separated by the same language.
George Bernard Shaw | language
Gross exagerationLove is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.
George Bernard Shaw | love
Health and a course to steerGive a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.
George Bernard Shaw | happiness
How to avoid being miserable?The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.
George Bernard Shaw | happiness
I dislike itI dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.
George Bernard Shaw | travel
It doesn't ceaseLife does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
George Bernard Shaw | life
Making mistakesA life spent in making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw | life
Making mistakesSuccess does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
George Bernard Shaw | success
MartyrdomMartyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
George Bernard Shaw | men and women
My friendsAnimals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.
George Bernard Shaw | food
Right to consume happinessWe have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
George Bernard Shaw | happiness
Sincerer loveThere is no sincerer love than the love of food.
George Bernard Shaw | food
Sooner or laterEverything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
George Bernard Shaw | time
The cannot change anythingThose who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
George Bernard Shaw | change
The habit of eatingStatistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.
George Bernard Shaw | food
We are made wiseWe are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
George Bernard Shaw | wisdom
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