About George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman...
More quotations from George Bernard Shaw
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
More quotations tagged with “desire”
Let your desires be ruled by reason.
(Appetitus Rationi Pareat)
If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.
It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
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