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George Bernard Shaw: Our necessities are...

George Bernard Shaw: Our necessities are...

Our necessities are few, but our wants are endless.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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George Bernard Shaw: The English have...

George Bernard Shaw: The English have...

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it . . . It is impossible...

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George Bernard Shaw: Science becomes dangerous...

George Bernard Shaw: Science becomes dangerous...

Science becomes dangerous only when it imagines that it has reached its goal.

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George Bernard Shaw: The man with...

George Bernard Shaw: The man with...

The man with toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound.

Source: Man and...

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George Bernard Shaw: The moment we...

George Bernard Shaw: The moment we...

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments...

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George Bernard Shaw: The doctor learns...

George Bernard Shaw: The doctor learns...

The doctor learns that if he gets ahead of the superstitions of his patients he is a ruined man; and the result is...

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George Bernard Shaw: The surest way...

George Bernard Shaw: The surest way...

The surest way to ruin a man who doesn't know how to handle money is to give him some.

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George Bernard Shaw: When a prisoner...

George Bernard Shaw: When a prisoner...

When a prisoner sees the door of his dungeon open he dashes for it without stopping to think where he shall get his...

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George Bernard Shaw: We are ashamed...

George Bernard Shaw: We are ashamed...

We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our...

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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: He who can,...

George Bernard Shaw: He who can,...

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

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

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George Bernard Shaw: He's a gentleman:...

George Bernard Shaw: He's a gentleman:...

He's a gentleman: look at his boots.

Source: Pygmalion.
-- George Bernard Shaw,...

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George Bernard Shaw: Hell is full...

George Bernard Shaw: Hell is full...

Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.

Source: Don...

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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: I have to...

George Bernard Shaw: I have to...

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

Source:...

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George Bernard Shaw: I myself have...

George Bernard Shaw: I myself have...

I myself have been particularly careful never to say a civil word to the United States. I have scoffed at their...

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George Bernard Shaw: My way of...

George Bernard Shaw: My way of...

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.

Source:...

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George Bernard Shaw: It is difficult,...

George Bernard Shaw: It is difficult,...

It is difficult, if not impossible, for most people to think otherwise than in the fashion of their own...

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George Bernard Shaw: The surest way...

George Bernard Shaw: The surest way...

The surest way to ruin a man who doesn't know how to handle money is to give him some.

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George Bernard Shaw: Though I can...

George Bernard Shaw: Though I can...

Though I can make my extravaganzas appear credible, I cannot make the truth appear so.

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