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George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1856.
* He was a playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist.
* He wrote more than 60 plays, including Pygmalion and Saint Joan.
* He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.
* He was a lifelong socialist and pacifist.
* He was a strong advocate for women's rights.
* He was a witty and insightful commentator on the social and political issues of his time.
* He is considered one of the most important figures in 20th-century theater.
* He died in 1950 at the age of 94.

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.

George Bernard Shaw

Animals are my friends...and I don't eat my friends.

George Bernard Shaw

When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.

George Bernard Shaw

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. 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.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. 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

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

George Bernard Shaw

The play was a great success, but audience was a dismal failure.

George Bernard Shaw

A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.

George Bernard Shaw

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

George Bernard Shaw

I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.

George Bernard Shaw

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

George Bernard Shaw

You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you have lost something.

George Bernard Shaw

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

George Bernard Shaw

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

George Bernard Shaw

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

George Bernard Shaw

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