George Bernard Shaw

Our prejudices are so deeply rooted that we never think of them as prejudices but call them common sense.

George Bernard Shaw

Paradoxes are the only truths.

George Bernard Shaw

Patriotism is a word which always commemorates a robbery.

George Bernard Shaw

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.

George Bernard Shaw

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

George Bernard Shaw

People always get tired of one another. I grow tired of myself whenever I am left alone for ten minutes, and I am certain that I am fonder of myself than anyone can be of another person.

George Bernard Shaw

People don’t have their virtues and vices in sets: they have them anyhow: all mixed.

George Bernard Shaw

People get tired of everything, and of nothing sooner than of what they most like.

George Bernard Shaw

People must not be forced to adopt me as their favourite author, even for their own good.

George Bernard Shaw

People who are hard, grasping and always ready to take advantage of their neighbors become very rich.

George Bernard Shaw