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Irish Playwright, Writer July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950

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George Bernard Shaw quote: "Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty."
Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty. George Bernard Shaw
While browsing in a second-hand bookshop one day, George Bernard Shaw was amused to find a copy of one of his own works which he himself had inscribed for a friend: "To ----, with esteem, George Bernard Shaw."He immediately purchased the book and returned it to the friend with a second inscription: "With renewed esteem, George Bernard Shaw. George Bernard Shaw
There is, on the whole, nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school. To begin with, it is a prison. But in some respects more cruel than a prison. In a prison, for instance, you are not forced to read books written by the warders and the governor. . . .In the prison you are not forced to sit listening to turnkeys discoursing without charm or interest on subjects that they don't understand and don't care about, and therefore incapable of making you understand or... George Bernard Shaw
I owe all my originality, such as it is, to my determination not to be a literary man. Instead of belonging to a literary club I belong to a municipal council. Instead of drinking and discussing authors and reviews, I sit on committees with capable practical greengrocers and bootmakers... Keep away from books and from men who get their ideas from books, and your own books will always be fresh. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed..."
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read..."
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "A book is like a child: it is easier to bring it into the..."
A book is like a child: it is easier to bring it into the world than to control it when it is launched there. George Bernard Shaw
I finished my first book seventy-six years ago. I offered it to every publisher on the English-speaking earth I had ever heard of. Their refusals were unanimous: and it did not get into print until, fifty years later; publishers would publish anything that had my name on it. George Bernard Shaw

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