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George Bernard Shaw: The nation's morals...

George Bernard Shaw: The nation's morals...

The nation's morals are like its teeth: the more decayed they are the more it hurts to touch...

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George Bernard Shaw: Virtue is insufficient...

George Bernard Shaw: Virtue is insufficient...

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Source:
-- George Bernard Shaw, (Jul 26...

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George Bernard Shaw: We sing in...

George Bernard Shaw: We sing in...

We sing in a church, why can we not dance there?

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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George Bernard Shaw: When a thing...

George Bernard Shaw: When a thing...

When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth.

Source: In Webster's...

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George Bernard Shaw: Why, except as...

George Bernard Shaw: Why, except as...

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in,...

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George Bernard Shaw: When you are...

George Bernard Shaw: When you are...

When you are so poor that you cannot afford to refuse eighteenpence from a man who is too poor to pay you any more, it...

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George Bernard Shaw: Woman reduces us...

George Bernard Shaw: Woman reduces us...

Woman reduces us all to a common denominator.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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George Bernard Shaw: You don't learn...

George Bernard Shaw: You don't learn...

You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking and getting well hammered...

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George Bernard Shaw: In this world...

George Bernard Shaw: In this world...

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

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William Shakespeare: He was a...

William Shakespeare: He was a...

He was a man
Of an unbounded stomach.


Source: Henry VIII, IV. ii. (33).
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William Shakespeare: Heat not a...

William Shakespeare: Heat not a...

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

Source: Henry...

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William Shakespeare: To gild refin?d...

William Shakespeare: To gild refin?d...

To gild refin?d gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another...

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William Shakespeare: He reads much;<br>He...

William Shakespeare: He reads much;
He...

He reads much;
He is a great observer, and he looks
Quite through the deeds of men.


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William Shakespeare: A friend should...

William Shakespeare: A friend should...

A friend should bear his friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they...

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William Shakespeare: But when I...

William Shakespeare: But when I...

But when I tell him he hates flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered.


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William Shakespeare: Devise, wit; write,...

William Shakespeare: Devise, wit; write,...

Devise, wit; write, pen; for I am for whole volumes in folio.

Source: Love's...

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William Shakespeare: Taffeta phrases, silken...

William Shakespeare: Taffeta phrases, silken...

Taffeta phrases, silken terms precise,
Three-piled hyperboles, spruce affectation,
Figures...

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William Shakespeare: The art of...

William Shakespeare: The art of...

The art of our necessities is strange,
That can make vile things precious.


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William Shakespeare: True hope is...

William Shakespeare: True hope is...

True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings;
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures...

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William Shakespeare: Frame your mind...

William Shakespeare: Frame your mind...

Frame your mind to mirth and merriment
Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.


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