Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.... ― George Bernard Shaw

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You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul. ― George Bernard Shaw

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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. ― George Bernard Shaw

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There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. ― George Bernard Shaw

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. ― George Bernard Shaw

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The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. ― George Bernard Shaw

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Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. ― George Bernard Shaw

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He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. ― George Bernard Shaw

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Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself. ― George Bernard Shaw

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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ― George Bernard Shaw

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