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Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
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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Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
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A man of genius is not a man who sees more than other men do. On the contrary, it is very often found that he is absentminded andobserves much less than other people.... Why is it that the public have such an exaggerated respect for him--after he is dead? The reason is that the man of genius understands the importance of the few things he sees.
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All roads end at the grave, which is the gate to nothingness.
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Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
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When God created man and woman, he did not take a patent. That's why any imbecile has been able to do so ever since.
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I've posed nude for a photographer in the manner of Rodin's Thinker, but I merely looked constipated.
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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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Be as romantic as you please about love ... but you mustn't be romantic about money.
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