George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.
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A mind of the calibre of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows.
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Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
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Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
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If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
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In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.
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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
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Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.