George Bernard Shaw Uomo e superuomo
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George Bernard Shaw: Frasi in inglese
George Bernard Shaw era scrittore, drammaturgo e aforista irlandese. Frasi in inglese.George Bernard Shaw: 514 citazioni88 Mi piace
George Bernard Shaw The Devil's Disciple
The Devil's Disciple, Act II
1900s
“No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.”
#41
1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
“I aint such a mug as to put up my children to all I know myself.”
Act II
1910s, Pygmalion (1912)
“You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living.”
The Irrational Knot, Preface (1905)
1900s
Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant, Vol. I, preface http://books.google.com/books?id=MiJaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22I+had+not+achieved+a+success+but+I+had+provoked+an+uproar+and+the+sensation+was+so+agreeable+that+I+resolved+to+try+again%22&pg=PR13#v=onepage (1898) <br class="br">1890s
The Serpent, in Pt. I, Act I
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)
As quoted in George Bernard Shaw, his life and works: a critical biography (authorised), Archibald Henderson, Stewart & Kidd (1911), Chapter VII (The Art Critic), pp. 201-202
1910s
The She-Ancient, in Pt. V
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)
“Well, of course, they notice you. You always hide just in the middle of the limelight.”
Reply to T. E. Lawrence who complained of press attention. <br class="br">Quoted by Harry Kessler in his diary, 14 November 1929 http://books.google.com/books?id=y_BJt918BHoC <br class="br">1920s
“Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.”
Preface
1900s, Getting Married (1908)
“You in America should trust to that volcanic political instinct which I have divined in you.”
Speech at New York (11 April 1933)
1930s
#179
1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)