George Bernard Shaw: Frasi in inglese (pagina 21)

George Bernard Shaw era scrittore, drammaturgo e aforista irlandese. Frasi in inglese.
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“The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.”

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George Bernard Shaw The Devil's Disciple

The Devil's Disciple, Act II (1901)
1900s

“I wouldn't have ate it, only I'm too lady-like to take it out of my mouth.”

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George Bernard Shaw

Act II
1910s, Pygmalion (1912)

“You can't make a man a Christian unless you first make him believe he is a sinner.”

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George Bernard Shaw

Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living (1937), p. 17
Misattributed

“A: How about $1?”

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George Bernard Shaw

Misattributed

“He [the British taxpayer] must be taught that war is not precise or economical. It is almost inconceivably wasteful and extravagant. It burns the house to roast the pig, and even then seldom roasts him effectively..... waste is the law of modern war; and nothing is cheap on the battlefield except the lives of men...... Therefore, my taxpayer, resign yourself to this: that we may fight bravely, fight hard, fight long, fight cunningly, fight recklessly, fight in a hundred and fifty ways, but we cannot fight cheaply.”

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George Bernard Shaw

The Daily Chronicle on the 7 March 1917 https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/george-bernard-shaw-joyriding-on-the-front.
1910s, The Technique of War (1917)

“This is the real enemy, the invader from the East, the Druze, the ruffian, the oriental parasite; in a word: the Jew.”

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George Bernard Shaw

London Morning Post, December 3, 1925
1900s

“I make no vows. I take my chance. ... It means that I fear certainty as you fear uncertainty. It means that nothing is certain but uncertainty. If I bind the future I bind my will. If I bind my will I strangle creation.”

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George Bernard Shaw Back to Methuselah

The Serpent, in Pt. I, Act I
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)

“It is not the sale of my soul that troubles me: I have sold it too often to care about that. I have sold it for a professorship. I have sold it for an income. ... What is all human conduct but the daily and hourly sale of our souls for trifles?”

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George Bernard Shaw Il maggiore Barbara

Origine: 1900s, Major Barbara (1905)

“THEODOTUS: Caesar: you are a stranger here, and not conversant with our laws. The kings and queens of Egypt may not marry except with their own royal blood. Ptolemy and Cleopatra are born king and consort just as they are born brother and sister.
BRITANNUS (shocked): Caesar: this is not proper.
THEODOTUS (outraged): How!
CAESAR (recovering his self-possession): Pardon him, Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”

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George Bernard Shaw Caesar and Cleopatra

Act II; sometimes paraphrased as: The customs of your tribe are not laws of nature.
1890s, Caesar and Cleopatra (1898)

“There are no secrets except the secrets that keep themselves.”

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George Bernard Shaw Back to Methuselah

Confucius, in Pt. III : The Thing Happens
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)