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George Bernard Shaw: Dear Sir, Your...

George Bernard Shaw: Dear Sir, Your...

Dear Sir, Your profession has, as usual, destroyed your brain.

Source: letter to a...

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George Bernard Shaw: Do not waste...

George Bernard Shaw: Do not waste...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is poverty; what is the matter with the...

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George Bernard Shaw: I began as...

George Bernard Shaw: I began as...

I began as a passion and ended as a habit, like all husbands.

Source: In Webster's...

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George Bernard Shaw: Build a system...

George Bernard Shaw: Build a system...

Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.

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George Bernard Shaw: Criminals do not...

George Bernard Shaw: Criminals do not...

Criminals do not die by the hands of the law; they die by the hands of other men.

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George Bernard Shaw: Every man over...

George Bernard Shaw: Every man over...

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Source: Man and Superman, 'Maxims for...

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George Bernard Shaw: If you can't...

George Bernard Shaw: If you can't...

If you can't get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

Source:...

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George Bernard Shaw: Imprisonment is as...

George Bernard Shaw: Imprisonment is as...

Imprisonment is as irrevocable as death.

Source: Maxims for Revolutionists
--...

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George Bernard Shaw: I don't want...

George Bernard Shaw: I don't want...

I don't want to talk grammar. I want to talk like a lady.

Source: Liza Doolittle,...

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George Bernard Shaw: It is the...

George Bernard Shaw: It is the...

It is the sexless novel that should be distinguished: the sex novel is now normal.

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William Shakespeare: I'll never<br>Be such...

William Shakespeare: I'll never
Be such...

I'll never
Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand
As if a man were author of himself
And knew no other...

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William Shakespeare: Boldness be my...

William Shakespeare: Boldness be my...

Boldness be my friend!

Source: Cymbeline, I. vi. (18).
-- William Shakespeare,...

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William Shakespeare: Society is no...

William Shakespeare: Society is no...

Society is no comfort
To one not sociable.


Source: Cymbeline, IV:2
-- William...

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William Shakespeare: I am as...

William Shakespeare: I am as...

I am as poor as Job, my lord, but not so patient.

Source: Henry IV, Pt II, I. ii....

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William Shakespeare: Commit<br>The oldest sins...

William Shakespeare: Commit
The oldest sins...

Commit
The oldest sins the newest kind of ways.


Source: Henry IV, Pt II, IV. v....

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William Shakespeare: And so, from...

William Shakespeare: And so, from...

And so, from hour to hour we ripe and ripe,
And then from hour to hour we rot and rot,
And thereby hangs a...

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William Shakespeare: Be sure of...

William Shakespeare: Be sure of...

Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof.

Source: Othello, III. iii. (361).
--...

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Stanislaw Lec: When no wind...

Stanislaw Lec: When no wind...

When no wind blows, even the weathervane has character.

Source: In Quotations of...

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J B Priestley: The first fall...

J B Priestley: The first fall...

The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in...

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George Bernard Shaw: Religion is a...

George Bernard Shaw: Religion is a...

Religion is a great force -- the only real motive force in the world; but you must get at a man through his own...

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