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" The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. "
George Bernard Shaw
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" The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity. "
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" My method of getting a play across the footlights is like a revolver shooting: every line has a bullet in it and comes with an explosion. "
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" Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family. "
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" You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live. "
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" Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination. "
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" A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. "
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" Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. "
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" Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. "
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" There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. "
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" I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. "
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" People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them. "
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" If you're not producing as much as you consume, or perhaps a little more, then clearly we cannot use the big organization of our society for the purpose of keeping you alive, because your life does not benefit us, and it can't be of very much use to yourself. "
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" Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. "
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" The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business. "
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" Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course. "
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