If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward...

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be...

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be...

Better never than late.

Better never than late.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by...

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by...

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

I write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in...

I write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in...

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another...

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another...

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to...

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to...

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of...

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of...

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are...

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are...