Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other...

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other...

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on...

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on...

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes

Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

Get married, but never to a man who is home all day

Get married, but never to a man who is home all day

Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are...

Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are...

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society...

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society...

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would...

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would...

Other than intimacy with a truly loved one is there any better feeling than knowing...

Other than intimacy with a truly loved one is there any better feeling than knowing...