Quote #17

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

More from George Bernard Shaw

  1. To understand a saint, you must hear the devil's advocate; and the same is true of the artist.
  2. The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us as much as the word telephone or motor car.
  3. [Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.
  4. That proves it's not by Shaw, because all Shaw's characters are himself: mere puppets stuck up to spout Shaw.
  5. You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living.
  6. As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
  7. Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
  8. All great truths begin as blasphemies.

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