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My Main Reason For Adopting Literature As A Profession Was That, As The Author Is Never Seen By His Clients, He Need Not Dress Respectably.
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My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as
the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably.
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
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He who has never hoped can never despair.
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Pardon him, Theodotus, he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
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You don't expect me to know what to say about a play when I don't know who the author is, do you?
...If it's by a good author, it's a good play, naturally....
The devil can quote Shakespeare for his own purpose. -- George Bernard Shaw
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
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Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.
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