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“ ”My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably.
About Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist with a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory. He wrote more than sixty plays, including such works as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.
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Additional quotes by Bernard Shaw
I try to follow his example, not to imitate him.
(The Romans have set fire to the Library of Alexandria)
THEODOTUS: — What is burning there is the memory of mankind.
CAESAR: — A shameful memory. Let it burn.
THEODOTUS (wildly): — Will you destroy the past?
CAESAR: — Ay, and build the future with its ruins.
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