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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 - The Road to Equality: Ten unpublished Lectures and Essays, 1884-1918, edited by Louis Crompton, Beacon Press, 1971.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."
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“God is on the side of the big battalions.”
George Bernard Shaw Saint Joan
Saint Joan : A Chronicle Play In Six Scenes And An Epilogue (1923)
1920s
“George Bernard Shaw reopens capital punishment controversy”, Paramount British Pictures (March 5, 1931)
1930s
“I heard your prayers Thank God it's all over!”
Act IV
1910s, Pygmalion (1912)
The Intelligent Woman's Guide: To Socialism and Capitalism, New York: NY, Brentano (1928) p. 670.
1920s
1910s, A Treatise on Parents and Children (1910)
1910s, Pygmalion (1912)
“Where equality is undisputed, so also is subordination.”
#28
1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
Hotchkiss
1900s, Getting Married (1908)
“Political necessities sometimes turn out to be political mistakes.”
George Bernard Shaw Saint Joan
Saint Joan : A Chronicle Play In Six Scenes And An Epilogue (1923) - Full text online http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200811h.html <br class="br">1920s
What is the New Element in the Norwegian School?
1890s, Quintessence Of Ibsenism (1891; 1913)
1900s, Love Among the Artists (1900)
“The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.”
Act IV
1890s, The Philanderer (1893)
Preface
1900s, Major Barbara (1905)
“All professions are conspiracies against the laity.”
Act I
1910s, The Doctor's Dilemma (1911)
“Obedience simulates subordination as fear of the police simulates honesty.”
#88
1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
Franklyn, in Pt. II : The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)
“To understand a saint, you must hear the devil's advocate; and the same is true of the artist.”
The Sanity of Art: An Exposure of the Current Nonsense about Artists being Degenerate (1908)
1900s
Preface, Paul
1910s, Androcles and the Lion (1913)
“Your father is a fool skin deep; but you are a fool to your very marrow.”
Eve to Cain, in Pt. I, Act II
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)
“Happiness and Beauty are by-products.”
#102
1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
“Consistency is the enemy of enterprise, just as symmetry is the enemy of art.”
As quoted in Bernard Shaw : The Lure of Fantasy (1991) by Michael Holroyd
1940s and later
“Chloroform has done a lot of mischief. It's enabled every fool to be a surgeon.”
1910s, The Doctor's Dilemma (1911)
“The Bible is most dangerous book ever written on earth, keep it under lock and key.”
From Why You Should Never be a Christian (1987) by Ishaq 'Kunle Sanni and Dawood Ayodele Amoo.
Misattributed
