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We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#happiness #more #producing #right #than

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#business #know #most #none #people

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#clear #consciences #men #mercy #none

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#enables #other #people #sacrifice #self-sacrifice

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#common sense #courage #good #good taste #great

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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