“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”

— George Bernard Shaw, "Maxims for Revolutionists", in Man and Superman (1903)

About George Bernard Shaw

1856 – 1950

Irish playwright and critic, Nobel laureate in Literature (1925).

“If you teach a man anything he will never learn it.”

“Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.”

“You use a glass mirror to see your face: you use works of art to see your soul.”

“In proportion to power is responsibility.”

“In dreams begin responsibilities.”

“Be brave! Let's remember our duty and perform it without complaint.”

“Two equally steep and bold paths may lead to the same peak.”

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“If you're going through hell, keep going.”

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“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”