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Morality consists of suspecting other people of not being legally married.
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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A socialist is somebody who doesn't have anything, and is ready to divide it up equally among everybody.
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The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
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It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true.
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Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.
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Deep knowledge is not knowledge of the thing itself, but knowledge of a thing like the thing. Then, you gain not one knowledge, but two knowledges. Of the thing. And of the original thing with is like the thing. Which is the barbarism of the privileged class.
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The devil can quote Shakespeare for his own purpose.
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If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to the community
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Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.
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I have very carefully studied Islam and the life of its Prophet (PBUH). I have done so both as a student of history and as a critic. And I have come to conclusion that Muhammad (PBUH) was indeed a great man and a deliverer and benefactor of mankind which was till then writhing under the most agonising Pain.
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Here there is no hope, and consequently no duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing what you like. Hell, in short, is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.
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All progress depends upon the unreasonable person.
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The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death.
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Jesus remains unshaken as the practical man and we stand exposed as the fools, the blunderers, the unpractical visionaries.
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Remember that the progress of the world depends on your knowing better than your elders.
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The most sincere form of love is love for food
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History, sir, will tell lies as usual.
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A serious illness or a death advertises the doctor exactly as a hanging advertises the barrister who defended the person hanged.
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