“Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.”
– George Bernard Shaw
On Deserving Democracy
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Category Archives: Shaw
On Hidden Truths
“When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth.”
– George Bernard Shaw
On Anxiousness
“The most anxious man in prison is the governor.”
– George Bernard Shaw
On Interpretations
“No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says; he is always convinced that it says what he means.”
– George Bernard Shaw
Like a Lady
“I don’t want to talk grammar. I want to talk like a lady.”
– George Bernard Shaw
University Education
“A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry.”
– George Bernard Shaw
Learning From History
“Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.”
– George Bernard Shaw
Madness of Reading
“Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.”
– George Bernard Shaw
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