# Quote — George Bernard Shaw, The Doctor's Dilemma

> Do not try to live for ever. You will not succeed.

- Author: [George Bernard Shaw](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw.md)
- Book: [The Doctor's Dilemma](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/the-doctors-dilemma.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw#The_Doctor's_Dilemma_(1911)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [death](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/death.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/the-doctors-dilemma/do-not-try

## More from this book

> Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/the-doctors-dilemma/life-does-not.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [life](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/life.md)

> Attention and activity lead to mistakes as well as to successes; but a life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/the-doctors-dilemma/attention-and-activity.md)

Topics: [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md)

> Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; and do not outlive yourself.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/the-doctors-dilemma/use-your-health.md)

Topics: [life](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/life.md)