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What is life but a series of inspired follies.
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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The real pleasure of one's life is the devotion to a great objective of one's consideration.
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The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any sauce at all.
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Am reserving two tickets for you for my premiere. Come and bring a friend - if you have one. Telegram inviting Winston Churchill to opening night of Pygmalion. Churchill wired back: Impossible to be present for the first performance. Will attend the second - if there is one.
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Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
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Optimistic lies have such immense therapeutic value that a doctor who cannot tell them convincingly has mistaken his profession.
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I do not want actors and actresses to understand my plays. That is not necessary. If they will only pronounce the correct sounds I can guarantee the results.
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If all the Churches of Europe closed their doors until the drums ceased rolling they would act as a most powerful reminder that though the glory of war is a famous and ancient glory, it is not the final glory of God.
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Blasphemy and sedition (meaning the truth about Church and State).
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Vulgarity is a necessary part of a complete author's equipment and the clown is sometimes the best part of the circus.
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Don't lose faith. Promise yourself that you will be a success story, and I promise you that all the forces of the universe will unite to come to your aid you might not feel today or for a while, but the longer you wait the bigger the prize.
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Discussing vaccination with a doctor is like discussing vegetarianism with a butcher.
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What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
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I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
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I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals.
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