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George Bernard Shaw: The trouble with...

George Bernard Shaw: The trouble with...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of...

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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: The savage bows...

George Bernard Shaw: The savage bows...

The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and...

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George Bernard Shaw: We are a...

George Bernard Shaw: We are a...

We are a nation of governesses.

Source: New Statesman (London, 12 April...

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George Bernard Shaw: This comes of...

George Bernard Shaw: This comes of...

This comes of James teaching me to think for myself, and never to hold back out of fear of what other people may think...

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George Bernard Shaw: They all thought...

George Bernard Shaw: They all thought...

They all thought she was dead; but my father he kept ladling gin down her throat till she came to so sudden that she...

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George Bernard Shaw: Truth telling is...

George Bernard Shaw: Truth telling is...

Truth telling is not compatible with the defence of the realm.

Source: Heartbreak...

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George Bernard Shaw: We must always...

George Bernard Shaw: We must always...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to...

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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: Where there is...

George Bernard Shaw: Where there is...

Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste.

Source:
-- George...

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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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William Shakespeare: There's small choice...

William Shakespeare: There's small choice...

There's small choice in rotten apples.

Source: The Taming of the Shrew, I. i....

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William Shakespeare: Our poesy is...

William Shakespeare: Our poesy is...

Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes
From whence 'tis nourished.


Source: Timon of...

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William Shakespeare: You undergo too...

William Shakespeare: You undergo too...

You undergo too strict a paradox,
Striving to make an ugly deed look fair:
Your words have took such pains as if...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: Satire should, like...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Satire should, like...

Satire should, like a polished razor keen,
Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or...

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Mark Twain: The gentle reader...

Mark Twain: The gentle reader...

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become, until he goes...

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Mark Twain: True irreverence is...

Mark Twain: True irreverence is...

True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god.

Source: Following the...

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G K Chesterton: Gullibility is the...

G K Chesterton: Gullibility is the...

Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he who get the...

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G K Chesterton: There is nothing...

G K Chesterton: There is nothing...

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal...

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G K Chesterton: When we were...

G K Chesterton: When we were...

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to...

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