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George Bernard Shaw Quotes

«The price of ability does not depend on merit, but on supply and demand.»
«The roulette table pays nobody except him who keeps it. Nevertheless, a passion for gaming is common, though a passion for keeping roulette wheels is unknown.»
«Morals being mostly only social habits and circumstantial necessities.»
«It is the sexless novel that should be distinguished: the sex novel is now normal.»
«My mother married a very good man . . . and she is not at all keen on my doing the same.»
«Never forget that two blacks do not make a white.»
«It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.»
«I've been offered titles, but I think they get one into disreputable company.»
«Make it compulsory for a doctor using a brass plate to have inscribed on it, in addition to the letters indicating his qualifications, the words 'Remember that I too am mortal'.»
«In Ireland they try to make a cat cleanly by rubbing its nose in its own filth. Mr. Joyce has tried the same treatment on the human subject. I hope it may prove successful.»