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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Everybody's Political What's What? (1944) ch. 30
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
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Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
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Lack of money is the root of all evil.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), The Devil's Disciple (1901) act 3
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The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
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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.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
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