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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

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...

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

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...

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

Live everyday as though it's your last 'cause one day you'll be right.

Live everyday as though it's your last 'cause one day you'll be right.

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not...

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not...

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...

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth

The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.

The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we...

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we...