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Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.
George Bernard Shaw
Habit
Eating
Statistics
Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?
George Bernard Shaw
Dream
Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.
George Bernard Shaw
Communism
English
Socialism
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
George Bernard Shaw
Expression
Silence
She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.
George Bernard Shaw
Art
Power
Conversation
Speech
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
George Bernard Shaw
Sacrifice
People
Self
The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.
George Bernard Shaw
War
Office
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation.
George Bernard Shaw
Being
Cure
Leisure
Occupation
The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
George Bernard Shaw
Hate
Sin
The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.
George Bernard Shaw
Truth
Energy
Honor
The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
George Bernard Shaw
Power
Conversation
Speech
Trouble
The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.
George Bernard Shaw
Business
People
Want
The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.
George Bernard Shaw
Breeding
Man
Quarrel
Woman
The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking at things.
George Bernard Shaw
Difference
Heaven
Hell
The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.
George Bernard Shaw
Success
People