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George Bernard Shaw: How can you...

George Bernard Shaw: How can you...

How can you dare teach a man to read until you've taught him everything else first?

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George Bernard Shaw: First love is...

George Bernard Shaw: First love is...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage...

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George Bernard Shaw: Do not try...

George Bernard Shaw: Do not try...

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Source: The Doctor's Dilemma,...

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George Bernard Shaw: Every doctor will...

George Bernard Shaw: Every doctor will...

Every doctor will allow a colleague to decimate a whole countryside sooner than violate the bond of professional...

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George Bernard Shaw: Morality is not...

George Bernard Shaw: Morality is not...

Morality is not respectability.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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George Bernard Shaw: Life does not...

George Bernard Shaw: Life does not...

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

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George Bernard Shaw: People are always...

George Bernard Shaw: People are always...

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who...

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Oscar Wilde: The English country...

Oscar Wilde: The English country...

The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the...

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Oscar Wilde: The play was...

Oscar Wilde: The play was...

The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.

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Oscar Wilde: One should always...

Oscar Wilde: One should always...

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: The books that...

Oscar Wilde: The books that...

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

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Oscar Wilde: Though one can...

Oscar Wilde: Though one can...

Though one can dine in New York, one could not dwell there.

Source: The American...

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Oscar Wilde: Despotism is unjust...

Oscar Wilde: Despotism is unjust...

Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better...

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Oscar Wilde: Time is waste...

Oscar Wilde: Time is waste...

Time is waste of money.

Source: Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young,...

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Oscar Wilde: There is only...

Oscar Wilde: There is only...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor...

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Oscar Wilde: Each of the...

Oscar Wilde: Each of the...

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the...

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Oscar Wilde: It requires one...

Oscar Wilde: It requires one...

It requires one to assume such indecent postures.

Source: Explaining why he did not...

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Oscar Wilde: Bad artists always...

Oscar Wilde: Bad artists always...

Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly...

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Oscar Wilde: Public Opinion... an...

Oscar Wilde: Public Opinion... an...

Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical...

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Oscar Wilde: Modern pictures are,...

Oscar Wilde: Modern pictures are,...

Modern pictures are, no doubt, delightful to look at. At least, some of them are. But they are quite impossible to...

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