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"The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it."
- George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion (1916) preface, More quotation on England. |
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"A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic."
- George Bernard Shaw, More quotation on Fashion. |
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"A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education."
- George Bernard Shaw, More quotation on Education. |
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"You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race."
- George Bernard Shaw, "Misalliance", More quotation on Patriotism. |
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"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
- George Bernard Shaw. |
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"Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them."
- George Bernard Shaw, More quotation on Americans. |
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"Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."
- George Bernard Shaw, More quotation on Democracy. |
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"England and America are two countries separated by a common language."
- George Bernard Shaw, More quotation on America. |
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"Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough."
- George Bernard Shaw. |
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"Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week."
- George Bernard Shaw. |