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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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
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Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.
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Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage -- it can be delightful.
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This is the true joy in life -- being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one...
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who haven't got it.
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The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
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Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.
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My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.