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When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.
George Bernard Shaw
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George Bernard Shaw
Age: 94 †
Born: 1856
Born: July 26
Died: 1950
Died: November 2
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Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
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You don't get tired of muffins, but you don't find inspiration in them.
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A dinner! How horrible! I am to be made the pretext for killing all those wretched animals and birds, and fish! Thank you for nothing. Now if it were to be a fast instead of a feast say a solemn three days' abstention from corpses in my honour, I could at least pretend to believe that it was disinterested. Blood sacrifices are not in my line
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Nothing soothes me more after a long and maddening course of pianoforte recitals than to sit and have my teeth drilled.
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The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.
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A man's own self is the last person to believe in him, and is harder to cheat than the rest of the world.
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I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.
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It's usually pointed out that women are not fit for political power, and ought not to be trusted with a vote because they are politically ignorant, socially prejudiced, narrow-minded, and selfish. True enough, but precisely the same is true of men!
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A revolutionist is one who desires to discard the existing social order and try another.
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First really like is just a little bit foolishness as well as a lot of curiosity. No actually self-respecting girl would reap the benefits of it.
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