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- Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
- Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Back to Methuselah (1921) pt. 5
- He who has never hoped can never despair.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) act 4
- Beware of the man whose God is in the skies.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
- The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), The Philanderer (1898) act 2
- I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), The Apple Cart (1930)
- We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Candida (1898) act 1
- Do you think that the things people make fools of themselves about are any less real and true than the things they behave sensibly about? They are more true: they are the only things that are true.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Candida (1898) act 1
- All professions are conspiracies against the laity.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), The Doctor's Dilemma (1911) act 1
- Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Everybody's Political What's What? (1944) ch. 9
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