Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.
Quote by George Bernard Shaw
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Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.
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George Bernard Shaw Quotes
- Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.
- What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
- Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.
- Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.
- The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.
- I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.
- Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
- First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
- Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
- Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die do not outlive yourself.
Best Quotes
- I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
- As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.
- I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.
- One of the scary things is that, when you're a kid, you look at your dad as the man who has no fear. When you're an adult, you realize your father had fear, and that you have it, too.
- You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.
- Galleries began growing in both number and size in the late seventies, when artists who worked in lofts wanted to exhibit their work in spaces similar to the ones the art was made in.
- Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
- In the sense that you're not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised my position doesn't isn't unique in that respect. I think there are different sorts of relevance in different contexts.
- Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
- If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.