Irish - Dramatist | July 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950
A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.
George Bernard Shaw
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The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic.
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Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
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I want to destroy ownership in order that possession and enjoyment may be raised to the highest point in every section of the community.
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There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
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Most people do not pray; they only beg.
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Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.
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Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
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I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.
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Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
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Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.
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Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.
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