George Bernard Shaw. 1856-1950. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

George Bernard Shaw. (1856–1950)

A great devotee of the Gospel of Getting On.

Mrs. Warren’s Profession.

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

Man and Superman. Act i.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

Man and Superman. Act i.

You think that you are Ann’s suitor; that you are the pursuer and she the pursued; that it is your part to woo, to persuade, to prevail, to overcome. Fool: it is you who are the pursued, the marked-down quarry, the destined prey.

Man and Superman. Act. ii.

Marry Ann and at the end of a week you ’ll find no more inspiration in her than in a plate of muffins.

Man and Superman. Act. ii.

Kings are not born: they are made by universal hallucination.

The Revolutionist’s Handbook.

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