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Where there is no knowledge ignorance calls itself science.
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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Nationalism must now be added to the refuse pile of superstitions. We are now citizens of the world, and the man who divides the race into elect Irishmen and reprobate foreign devils (especially Englishmen) had better live on the Blaskets where he can admire himself without disturbance.
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Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.
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The real moment of success is not the moment apparent to the crowd.
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Activity is the only road to knowledge.
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Our ideals, like the gods of old, are constantly demanding human sacrifices.
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Taxes are the chief business of a conqueror of the world.
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The devil can quote Shakespeare for his own purpose.
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Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.
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Stop being Jews and start being human beings.
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If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman's pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog.
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All dress is fancy dress, is it not, except our natural skins?
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Our lives are shaped not as much by our experiences as by our expectations.
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