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George Bernard Shaw The Devil's Disciple
The Devil's Disciple, Act II (1901)
Original engl.: "The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity."
„Je mehr ein Mensch sich schämt, desto anständiger ist er.“
George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman
Man and Superman (dt.: Mensch und Übermensch), 1903, 1. Akt
Original engl.: "The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is."
George Bernard Shaw Zitate und Sprüche
„England und Amerika sind zwei Länder, die durch die gemeinsame Sprache getrennt sind.“
Reader’s Digest, November 1942; für Shaw nicht belegbar, jedoch hatte Oscar Wilde schon vorher in "Das Gespenst von Canterville" einen ähnlichen Gedanken. Popular misquotes - 'the things they never said'. http://www.phrases.org.uk/quotes/misquotes/ <br class="br">Original engl.: "England and America are two countries divided by a common language." auch mit "United States" und "Great Britain" <br class="br">Zugeschrieben
„Ich zitiere mich oft selber. Ich finde, es bringt Attraktivität in das Gespräch.“
The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations, Robertson, Connie, Wordsworth, Herfordshire 1996
Original engl.: "I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversations."
Der Sozialismus und die Natur des Menschen, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt a. Main 1973. S. 140 ISBN 3-518-36621-1 Auswahl und Übersetzung von Ursula Michels-Wenz, zitiert in: Die Neue Gesellschaft, Heft 27, hrsg. für die Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn 1980. S. 757
Original engl.: "[...] Equality is the best touchstone for distinguishing your real Socialist from your virtuously indignant pitier of the poor." - The Road to Equality: Ten unpublished Lectures and Essays, 1884-1918, edited by Louis Crompton, Beacon Press, 1971. S. 194
„Wenn ich scherzen will, sage ich die Wahrheit. Das ist immer noch der größte Spaß auf Erden.“
George Bernard Shaw John Bull's Other Island
John Bull's Other Island, Akt 2, 1907
Original engl.: "My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the World."
George Bernard Shaw: Zitate auf Englisch
“Undershaft: My religion? Well, my dear, I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.”
Act II
1900s, Major Barbara (1905)
“The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.”
Leo
1900s, Getting Married (1908)
“My specialty is being right when other people are wrong.”
George Bernard Shaw You Never Can Tell
You Never Can Tell, Act IV
1890s
“No elaboration of physical or moral accomplishment can atone for the sin of parasitism.”
#116
1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
“B: What do you think what a person I am?”
"The role of the character initiating the proposal in this anecdote has been assigned to George Bernard Shaw, Winston Churchill, Groucho Marx, Mark Twain, W. C. Fields, Bertrand Russell, H.G. Wells, Woodrow Wilson and others. However, the earliest example of this basic story found by QI did not spotlight any of the persons just listed [...] <br class="br">[...] QI hypothesizes that this anecdote began as a fictional tale that was intended to be humorous with an edge of antagonism. The story was retold for decades. Famous men were substituted into the role of the individual making the proposition. Occasionally, the individual who received the proposition was also described as famous, but typically she remained unidentified. <br class="br">[...] In January 1937 the syndicated newspaper columnist O. O. McIntyre printed a version of the anecdote that he says was sent to him as a newspaper clipping. This tale featured a powerful Canadian-British media magnate and politician named Max Aitken who was also referred to as Lord Beaverbrook [MJLB]": <br class="br">Someone sends me a clipping from Columnist Lyons with this honey: <br class="br">“They are telling this of Lord Beaverbrook and a visiting Yankee actress. In a game of hypothetical questions, Beaverbrook asked the lady: ‘Would you live with a stranger if he paid you one million pounds?’ She said she would. ‘And if be paid you five pounds?’ The irate lady fumed: ‘Five pounds. What do you think I am?’ Beaverbrook replied: ‘We’ve already established that. Now we are trying to determine the degree.” <br class="br"> Quote investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/03/07/haggling/ cited 2013-07-10 <br class="br">Misattributed
“The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.”
George Bernard Shaw You Never Can Tell
You Never Can Tell, Act II
1890s
“Why was I born with such contemporaries?”
George Bernard Shaw The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, Preface (1910)
1910s
“Socialism urged to find dictator,” Berkeley Daily Gazette (Nov. 30, 1927)
1890s
“I know I began as a passion and have ended as a habit, like all husbands.”
George Bernard Shaw The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles
The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles, Act 2 (1934)
1940s and later
1900s, Major Barbara (1905)
George Bernard Shaw The Apple Cart
That is my last word. Think over it.
The Apple Cart (1928) Preface
1920s
“I don't want to talk grammar, I want to talk like a lady.”
Act II
1910s, Pygmalion (1912)
The Serpent, in Pt. V
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)
“I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.”
Act II
1900s, Major Barbara (1905)
Answers to Nine Questions (September 1896), answers to nine questions submitted by Clarence Rook, who had interviewed him in 1895
1890s
Version given in Irrepressible Churchill: A Treasury of Winston Churchill’s Wit by Kay Halle, 1966 <br class="br">Apocryphal, from 1946. See discussion at Winston Churchill#Misattributed, and detailed discussion at “ Here are Two Tickets for the Opening of My Play. Bring a Friend—If You Have One http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/03/25/two-tickets-shaw/”, Garson O’Toole, Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/, (March 25, 2012) <br class="br">Misattributed
“You cannot be a hero without being a coward.”
Preface http://books.google.com/books?id=u4xiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22You+cannot+be+a+hero+without+being+a+coward%22&pg=PR13#v=onepage <br class="br">1900s, John Bull's Other Island (1907)
“Scratch an Englishman and find a Protestant.”
George Bernard Shaw Saint Joan
Saint Joan : A Chronicle Play In Six Scenes And An Epilogue (1923)
1920s
The Serpent, in Pt I : In the Beginning
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)
#160
1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
“The worst cliques are those which consist of one man.”
Pt. V
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)
“Beware of the man whose god is in the skies.”
#83
1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
“I like a bit of a mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog; they're the best for every day.”
Episode I
1910s, Misalliance (1910)
The Daily Chronicle on the 7 March 1917 https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/george-bernard-shaw-joyriding-on-the-front. <br class="br">1910s, The Technique of War (1917)
1900s, Love Among the Artists (1900)
