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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Irish dramatist & socialist [more author details]

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My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.: George Bernard Shaw, John Bull's Other Island (1907) act 2
Alcohol is a very necessary article... It makes life bearable to millions of people who could not endure their existence if they were quite sober. It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning.: George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara (1907) act 2
I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.: George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara (1907) act 2
He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.: George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara (1907) act 3
Beware of the man whose God is in the skies.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
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Every man over forty is a scoundrel.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
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It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
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Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
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Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
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There is no love sincerer than the love of food.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) act 1
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An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) act 3
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Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) act 3
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Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903), Maxims for Revolutionists
A learned man is an idler who kills time with study. Beware of his false knowledge: it is more dangerous than ignorance.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, 1903
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, Epistle Dedicatory
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Liberty also means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.: George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists
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A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.: George Bernard Shaw, Parents and Children (1914) "Children's Happiness"
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.: George Bernard Shaw, Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant (1898)
It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.: George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion (1916) preface
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.: George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion (1916) preface
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What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn't come every day.: George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion, Act 2
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.: George Bernard Shaw, Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet (1911) "Limits to Toleration"
I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.: George Bernard Shaw, The Apple Cart (1930)
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Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.: George Bernard Shaw, The Devil's Disciple (1901) act 3
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All professions are conspiracies against the laity.: George Bernard Shaw, The Doctor's Dilemma (1911) act 1

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