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L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy."

Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "The notion that disarmament can put a stop to war is contradicted by the nearest dogfight."

The notion that disarmament can put a stop to war is contradicted by the nearest dogfight.




L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing."

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "I can be very stubborn. I'm very opinionated and if people cross me at work - if people who don't know about the job try telling me what to do - I become very stubborn and really rather unpleasant."

I can be very stubborn. I'm very opinionated and if people cross me at work - if people who don't know about the job try telling me what to do - I become very stubborn and really rather unpleasant.




L. M. Shaw Quotes: "That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms."

That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor."

The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "We have a 'now you see Him, now you don't' God. We have Himself clothed in visions, in dreams, in metaphors, in parables, in the poetry of the Bible, and in all the ordinariness of the lives we live."

We have a 'now you see Him, now you don't' God. We have Himself clothed in visions, in dreams, in metaphors, in parables, in the poetry of the Bible, and in all the ordinariness of the lives we live.




L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?"

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "My opportunities were still there, nay, they multiplied tenfold; but the strength and youth to cope with them began to fail, and to need eking out with the shifty cunning of experience."

My opportunities were still there, nay, they multiplied tenfold; but the strength and youth to cope with them began to fail, and to need eking out with the shifty cunning of experience.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Those who minister to poverty and disease are accomplices in the two worst of all the crimes."

Those who minister to poverty and disease are accomplices in the two worst of all the crimes.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Obedience simulates subordination as fear of the police simulates honesty."

Obedience simulates subordination as fear of the police simulates honesty.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough."

There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.




L. M. Shaw Quotes: "The education of the doctor which goes on after he has his degree is, after all, the most important part of his education."

The education of the doctor which goes on after he has his degree is, after all, the most important part of his education.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various"

I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Every novelist has a different purpose-and often several purposes which might even be contradictory."

Every novelist has a different purpose-and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Life would be tolerable but for its amusements."

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "When Satan makes impure verses, Allah sends a divine tune to cleanse them."

When Satan makes impure verses, Allah sends a divine tune to cleanse them.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Everybody who does not live in a prostitute's bed and on a diet of cocaine snow is called an ascetic nowadays."

Everybody who does not live in a prostitute's bed and on a diet of cocaine snow is called an ascetic nowadays.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Telling the truth is the funniest joke in the world."

Telling the truth is the funniest joke in the world.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their kind. It is the deed that teaches not the name we give it."

Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their kind. It is the deed that teaches not the name we give it.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal"

I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability."

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children."

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Beware of the man whose God is in the skies."

Beware of the man whose God is in the skies.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Happiness and beauty are by-products. Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty."

Happiness and beauty are by-products. Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another."

No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time."

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier."

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "We know now that the soul is the body, and the body the soul. They tell us they are different because they want to persuade us that we can keep our souls if we let them make slaves of our bodies."

We know now that the soul is the body, and the body the soul. They tell us they are different because they want to persuade us that we can keep our souls if we let them make slaves of our bodies.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Never resist temptation: prove all things: hold fast that which is good."

Never resist temptation: prove all things: hold fast that which is good.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "I work as my father drank."

I work as my father drank.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him."

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love."

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us."

Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Hell is full of musical amateurs."

Hell is full of musical amateurs.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life."

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage."

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold."

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us as much as the word telephone or motor car."

The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us as much as the word telephone or motor car.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something."

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



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Those who are looking for paradise on Earth should come and see Dubrovnik."

Those who are looking for paradise on Earth should come and see Dubrovnik.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false."

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice house, I go crazy when I'm there."

I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice house, I go crazy when I'm there.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals"

We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day"

You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes."

You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not gone beyond a limited technology of perdition."

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not gone beyond a limited technology of perdition.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "It sounds very pretentious, but I don't lie. It's too uncomfortable. A lot of people think because you're an actor that makes you a good liar, but one of the things I can't articulate is a bad lie."

It sounds very pretentious, but I don't lie. It's too uncomfortable. A lot of people think because you're an actor that makes you a good liar, but one of the things I can't articulate is a bad lie.



L. M. Shaw Quotes: "The only thing is worrying about sleeping. If I have to be up early I worry about being able to get to sleep."

The only thing is worrying about sleeping. If I have to be up early I worry about being able to get to sleep.