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George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.

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

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.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.



Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and , if they can΄t find them, make them.

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

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