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George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who haven΄t got it.

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.



When a man wants to murder a tiger, it΄s called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him it΄s called ferocity.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

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