We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
Quote by George Bernard Shaw
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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
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George Bernard Shaw Quotes
- All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.
- We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.
- Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.
- Beware of false knowledge it is more dangerous than ignorance.
- When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.
- Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
- Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of food.
- Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
- I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.
- Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.
Best Quotes
- When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does.
- Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
- A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
- I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren't able to live in the place you called home.
- Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
- I think kids ought to travel. I think it's very good to carry kids around. It's good for them. Of course it's tough on the parents.
- We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies.
- The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and educational opportunities, discrimination against women and - the most virulent cause of all - the absence of freedom.
- Fear attracts attack.
- Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.