{"id":144895,"date":"2022-07-27T10:09:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T17:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=144895"},"modified":"2022-07-27T10:09:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T17:09:07","slug":"a-bit-of-wisdom-from-george-bernard-shaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=144895","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of Wisdom from George Bernard Shaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.\u201d ~ George Bernard Shaw 26 July 1856 \u2013 2 November 1950<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don&#8217;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&#8217;t find them, make them.\u201d ~ George Bernard Shaw 26 July 1856 \u2013 2 November 1950<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.\u201d ~ George Bernard Shaw 26 July 1856 \u2013 2 November 1950<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.\u201d ~ George Bernard Shaw 26 July 1856 \u2013 2 November 1950<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe liar&#8217;s punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.\u201d ~ George Bernard Shaw 26 July 1856 \u2013 2 November 1950<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYouth is wasted on the young.\u201d ~ George Bernard Shaw 26 July 1856 \u2013 2 November 1950<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Bernard_Shaw\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Bernard-Shaw-ILN-1911-original.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"309\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Bernard-Shaw-ILN-1911-original.jpg 220w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Bernard-Shaw-ILN-1911-original-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.\u201d ~ George Bernard Shaw 26 July 1856 \u2013 2 November 1950 \u201cPeople are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don&#8217;t believe in circumstances. 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