There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
Quotations
George Bernard Shaw
Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it…
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who have not got it.
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
