A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
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I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul. No, give me a ruined complexion and a lost figure and sixteen chins on a farmyard of Crow's feet and an obvious wig. Then you shall see me coming out strong.George Bernard Shaw
It's just as unpleasant to get more than you bargain for as to get less.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
George Bernard Shaw
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.... It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth, without making some other Englishman despise him.
George Bernard Shaw
The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.
George Bernard Shaw
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