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Martyrdom is the only path to immortality that requires no talent whatsoever.
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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If women were as fastidious as men, morally or physically, there would be an end of the race.
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We want a few mad people now. See where the sane ones have landed us!
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The domestic career is no more natural to all women than the military career is natural to all men.
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All classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a cruel sport - in short, dog-like in their notions of foreign policy.
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