The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

George Bernard Shaw in Pygmalion (1916)
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

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He knows nothing and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

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The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

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Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

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I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

George Bernard Shaw in The Apple Cart (1930)
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He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

George Bernard Shaw in Major Barbara (1907)
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Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt.

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Take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then say it with the utmost levity.

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A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.

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