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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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It is necessary for the welfare of society that genius should be privileged to utter sedition, to blaspheme, to outrage good taste, to corrupt the youthful mind, and generally to scandalize one's uncles.
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Any sort of plain speaking is better than the nauseous sham good fellowship our democratic public men get up for shop use.
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The unconscious self is the real genius. Your breathing goes wrong the moment your conscious self meddles with it.
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