Tokrat objavljam citate irskega pisatelja, dobitnika Nobelove nagrade. Njegovo nam najbolj znano delo je Pygmalion. Nekateri od teh citatov so tako preprosto resnični, da jih enostavno moraš prebrati. Prva dva citata sta ena mojih najljubših.

Shaw na morju z desko ;)

1. 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.

2. There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
o Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant, Vol. II, preface (18 8)

3. The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.
o The Devil’s Disciple, Act II (1901)

4. There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.
o Crofts, Act III

5. It is more dangerous to be a great prophet or poet than to promote twenty companies for swindling simple folk out of their savings.
o Preface from Misalliance

6. Do not try to live for ever. You will not succeed.
o Preface from the Doctor’s Dilemma

7. What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.
o Act II from Pygmalion

8. Independence? That’s middle-class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
o Act V from Pygmalion

9. 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. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.

10. Life is not meant to be easy, my child but take courage: it can be delightful.

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

12. If you have an apple and I have an apple, and we exchange apples, we both still only have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea, and we exchange ideas, we each now have two ideas.

P.S. Če želiš zvedeti iz katere knjige je kak citat povzet-vprašaj (za vse citate nisem dodala naslovov knjig).