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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." -
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George Bernard Shaw
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Top 5 quotes from George Bernard Shaw
"The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."
"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton. You may as well make it dance."
"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas."
"Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends."
"The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them."
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"Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity."
"Man has almost constant occasion for the help of his brethren, and it is in vain for him to expect it from their benevolence only."
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