George Bernard Shaw Quotes · Page 2
1856 – 1950
Irish playwright and critic, Nobel laureate in Literature (1925).
“The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.”
“The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.”
“Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity; and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.”
“Political necessities sometimes turn out to be political mistakes.”
“I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.”
“To understand a saint, you must hear the devil's advocate; and the same is true of the artist.”
