George Bernard Shaw: Citáty v angličtine (page 5)

“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.”

“You don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.”

“The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.”

“When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport: when the tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity. The distinction between Crime and Justice is no greater.”

“The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.”

“When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.”

“All great truths begin as blasphemies.”

“The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.”

“I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.”

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

“Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.”

“Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.”

“The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.”

“What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.”

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

“Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.”

“Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.”

“A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”

“A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.”