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I prefer the man who calls his nonsense a mystery to him who who pretends it is a weighed, measured, analyzed fact.
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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Morality consists of suspecting other people of not being legally married.
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Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.
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If you do not write for publication, there is little point in writing at all.
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It's usually pointed out that women are not fit for political power, and ought not to be trusted with a vote because they are politically ignorant, socially prejudiced, narrow-minded, and selfish. True enough, but precisely the same is true of men!
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Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.
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Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
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Youth, what a pity to waste it on the young.
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Our ideals, like the gods of old, are constantly demanding human sacrifices.
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You don't get tired of muffins, but you don't find inspiration in them.
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Those who admire modern civilization usually identify it with the steam engine and the electric telegraph.
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