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“The British churchgoer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbors no harm.”

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950) was an Irish-British playwright, critic, and socialist. He is renowned for his satirical and witty dramatic works. more

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Thinking Knows Want Actors Poet Actresses Thrive Poetry Is Composer Actors And Actresses

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Book:Love Among The Artists (Autobiographical Novel): A Story With a Purpose

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“To a professional critic (I have been one myself) theatre-going is the curse of Adam. The play is the evil he is paid to endure in the sweat of his brow; and the sooner it is over, the better.”

Has Beens Play Evil Paid Critics Endure Theatre Curse Sweat Adam Brows

Book:George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit

Source: George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit

“To endure the pain of living, we all drug ourselves more or less with gin, with literature, with superstitions, with romance, with idealism, political, sentimental, and moral, with every possible preparation of that universal hashish: imagination.”

Pain Romance Political Literature Imagination Moral Drug Universal Endure Preparation Superstitions Idealism Sentimental Gin Hashish

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“We must not stay as we are, doing always what was done last time; or we shall stick in the mud.”

Done Lasts Sticks Last Time Mud

Book:Back to Methuselah

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“Without danger I cannot be great. That is how I pay for Abel's blood. Danger and fear follow my steps everywhere. Without them courage would have no sense. And it is courage, courage, courage that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor.”

Pay Steps Blood Danger Raises Splendor Crimson Abel

Book:The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion

Source: The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion

“You have no right to say that I am not sincere. I have found a happiness in art that real life has never given me. I am intensely in earnest about art. There is is a magic and mystery in art that you know nothing of.”

Knows Art Real Found Given Magic Mystery Real Life Sincere Earnest

Book:The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

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“It is in the hour of trial that a man finds his true profession.”

Men Hours Profession Trials

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“They tell me that So-and-So, who does not write prefaces, is no charlatan. Well, I am. I first caught the ear of the British public on a cart in Hyde Park, to the blaring of brass bands,and this . . . because . . . I am a natural-born mountebank.”

Writing Firsts Wells Doe Born Natural Band Ears Caught British Parks Carts Brass Charlatans Hyde Hyde Park Brass Bands

Book:Three Plays for Puritans

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