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An asylum for the sane would be empty in America
-- George Bernard Shaw

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended
-- George Bernard Shaw

Beauty is all very well at sight, but who can look at it when it has been in the house three days?
-- George Bernard Shaw

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves
-- George Bernard Shaw

The British churchgoer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbours no harm
-- George Bernard Shaw

Cannons are not trade; they are enterprise
-- George Bernard Shaw

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books nobody can read
-- George Bernard Shaw

The chief objection to playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player
-- George Bernard Shaw

The churches must learn humility as well as preach it
-- George Bernard Shaw

Common people do not pray; they only beg
-- George Bernard Shaw

Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence
-- George Bernard Shaw

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few
-- George Bernard Shaw

The devil can quote Shakespeare for his own purpose
-- George Bernard Shaw

Do not do unto others as you would they should do unto you; their tastes may not be the same
-- George Bernard Shaw

England and America are two countries separated by the same language
-- George Bernard Shaw