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Biography - George Bernard Shaw:

Irish playwright critic and polemicis.
Born: 1856 - Died: 1950
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Les plus grands réformateurs que le monde ait jamais connus sont ceux qui commencent par eux-mêmes.

German
Die besten Reformer, die die Welt je gesehen hat, sind die, die bei sich selbst anfangen.




See also 

See also...



Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

My third maxim was to try always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and to alter my desires rather than change the order of the world.




Quotes for: change


Quotes

Quotes about change:


The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.





Change alone is the constant.





If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.





Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.





To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.





To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.











Quotes

George Bernard Shaw also said...


Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.





All great truths begin as blasphemies.





Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.





Man can climb to the highest summits; but he cannot dwell there long.





Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.





The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.












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