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«I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum»
«Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
advice, from the, pope, popes, Pope I, Same sex, sex, Sex and the, the pope, The Popes
«Has fear ever held a man back from anything he really wanted?»
«Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.»
«There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
get the hang, hanging, hang in, hang out, hang up, object, satisfaction, satisfactions, to it
«It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Belief
| Keywords:
dangerous, disbelief, society
«I am sick of reasonable people: they see all the reasons for being lazy and doing nothing.»
«Here there is no hope, and consequently no duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing what you like. Hell, in short, is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
amuse, amuses, consequently, gained, in short, no Hell, praying
«Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.»
«Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Common sense,
Genius
| Keywords:
common sense, instinct
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