John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 John Bartlett
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| A great devotee of the Gospel of Getting On. |
| Mrs. Warren’s Profession. |
| 2 |
| A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. |
| Man and Superman. Act i. |
| 3 |
| The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is. |
| Man and Superman. Act i. |
| 4 |
| You think that you are Ann’s suitor; that you are the pursuer and she the pursued; that it is your part to woo, to persuade, to prevail, to overcome. Fool: it is you who are the pursued, the marked-down quarry, the destined prey. |
| Man and Superman. Act. ii. |
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| Marry Ann and at the end of a week you ’ll find no more inspiration in her than in a plate of muffins. |
| Man and Superman. Act. ii. |
| 6 |
| Kings are not born: they are made by universal hallucination. |
| The Revolutionist’s Handbook. |