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George Bernard Shaw: All progress means...

George Bernard Shaw: All progress means...

All progress means war with society.

Source: Getting Married
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George Bernard Shaw: An Irishman's heart...

George Bernard Shaw: An Irishman's heart...

An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination.

Source: Larry Doyle, in John...

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George Bernard Shaw: He who bears...

George Bernard Shaw: He who bears...

He who bears the brand of Cain shall rule the earth.

Source: Back to...

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George Bernard Shaw: I hate, performers...

George Bernard Shaw: I hate, performers...

I hate, performers who debase great works of art; I long for their annihilation.

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George Bernard Shaw: I am afraid...

George Bernard Shaw: I am afraid...

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best...

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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: Dying is a...

George Bernard Shaw: Dying is a...

Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's heart; but death is a splendid...

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George Bernard Shaw: Man gives every...

George Bernard Shaw: Man gives every...

Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save...

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George Bernard Shaw: I make a...

George Bernard Shaw: I make a...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to...

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George Bernard Shaw: In order to...

George Bernard Shaw: In order to...

In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.

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George Bernard Shaw: It has taken...

George Bernard Shaw: It has taken...

It has taken me nearly twenty years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make...

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George Bernard Shaw: Make it compulsory...

George Bernard Shaw: Make it compulsory...

Make it compulsory for a doctor using a brass plate to have inscribed on it, in addition to the letters indicating his...

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George Bernard Shaw: Leisure may be...

George Bernard Shaw: Leisure may be...

Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it...

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George Bernard Shaw: Morals being mostly...

George Bernard Shaw: Morals being mostly...

Morals being mostly only social habits and circumstantial necessities.

Source: In...

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George Bernard Shaw: The early Christian...

George Bernard Shaw: The early Christian...

The early Christian rules of life were not made to last, because the early Christians did not believe that the world...

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George Bernard Shaw: Physically there is...

George Bernard Shaw: Physically there is...

Physically there is nothing to distinguish human society from the farm-yard except that children are more troublesome...

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Oscar Wilde: No man dies...

Oscar Wilde: No man dies...

No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts...

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Oscar Wilde: Extravagance is the...

Oscar Wilde: Extravagance is the...

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: He had that...

Oscar Wilde: He had that...

He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in...

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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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