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The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.
George Bernard Shaw
Time
People
Man
Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.
George Bernard Shaw
Science
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw
Power
Cynicism
Observation
The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.
George Bernard Shaw
Majority
Minority
Right
Wrong
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
George Bernard Shaw
Communication
Illusion
The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.
George Bernard Shaw
Mistake
Man
Poverty
Sound
The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.
George Bernard Shaw
Act
Possibilities
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
George Bernard Shaw
Arguments
Blind
Want
The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years.
George Bernard Shaw
Affection
Years
The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.
George Bernard Shaw
Secrets
The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.
George Bernard Shaw
Friend
Courage
Service
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.
George Bernard Shaw
Being
Leisure
Wonder
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
George Bernard Shaw
People
Circumstances
Want
World
The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.
George Bernard Shaw
Love
Post