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George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Irish Dramatist
Born: Jul 26, 1856
Died: Nov 2, 1950
He Man Men People World You
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Creation is a miracle of daily recurrence. 'A miracle a minute' would not be a bad slogan for God. George Bernard Shaw
God Daily Creation Bad Slogan Would Minute Miracle Recurrence
Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. George Bernard Shaw
Made Gentleman Reading Mad He Him Read Don Quixote Quixote Believing
All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it. George Bernard Shaw
Life Me Made My Life Affection Every All My Life Has-Been Spite Step Taken Been Forward
Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them. George Bernard Shaw
Me Will Nice Say About Something Adore Adoring Until Go American Them
If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do. George Bernard Shaw
World Nothing Wrong Anything Us
Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive. George Bernard Shaw
Food Few Those Statistics Eating Habit Contract Very Survive Show Who
The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves. George Bernard Shaw
Secrets Only Themselves Keep
The idea of personal salvation is intensely repugnant to me when it is not absurd. Imagine Roosevelt, the big brute, preserving his personality in a future state and swaggering about as a celestial Rough Rider! George Bernard Shaw
Future Me Personality Big Preserving State About Brute Absurd Idea His Celestial Salvation Personal Intensely Repugnant Roosevelt Rider Rough Imagine
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny. George Bernard Shaw
Tyranny Beauty Short-Lived
You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something. George Bernard Shaw
You First Lost Something Had Feels Always Learnt
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does. George Bernard Shaw
Nature Man First Before Breath Tree Nine Nine Months Months Draws Except He Well Does Affairs His
Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course. George Bernard Shaw
Fire National Painting Would Course Door Which Gallery Nearest Save
The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years. George Bernard Shaw
Animal Natural Affection Term Years Offspring Six Human Human Animal
The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic. George Bernard Shaw
Eyes Better Distinguish Mortal Dead Always Saint Cannot Heretic
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. George Bernard Shaw
Knowledge See Pursuit Child Want
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days? George Bernard Shaw
Three First Beauty Sight Has-Been Days House Well Looks Been Very Who Ever
It is most unwise for people in love to marry. George Bernard Shaw
Love People Marry Most Unwise
If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves. George Bernard Shaw
You Better Neighbour Halves Your Injure
A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is, is a trial of which you can have no conception. George Bernard Shaw
You Man Care Trial He Conception Go Office dont Care Which Who
The only fundamental and possible socialism is the socialisation of the selective breeding of man. George Bernard Shaw
Man Socialism Possible Only Selective Breeding Fundamental
My method of getting a play across the footlights is like a revolver shooting: every line has a bullet in it and comes with an explosion. George Bernard Shaw
Every Like Bullet Method Line Shooting Revolver Getting Across Explosion Play
I have a strong feeling that I shall be glad when I am dead and done for - scrapped at last to make room for somebody better, cleverer, more perfect than myself. George Bernard Shaw
Myself Strong Better Somebody Feeling Strong Feeling More Shall Perfect Glad Dead Make Am Than Done Room Last
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable. George Bernard Shaw
Moral Only Uncomfortable He Englishman Thinks
I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad. George Bernard Shaw
Home Travel Feeling Abroad Am Dislike
Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent. George Bernard Shaw
Life Death Men Eminent Reveals Levels
In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win. George Bernard Shaw
Knowledge You Fight Battle Dangerous Win Lose More Hot Make Blood Than Little Need
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