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If we women were particular about men's characters, we should never get married at all.

If we women were particular about men’s characters, we should never get married at all.
– George Bernard Shaw

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  10. If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it. – George Bernard Shaw
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  18. Lack of money is the root of all evil. – George Bernard Shaw
  19. We want a few mad people now. See where the sane ones have landed us! – George Bernard Shaw
  20. Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn’t! – George Bernard Shaw
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  22. Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness. – George Bernard Shaw
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  25. Gentle Jesus, meek and mild’ is a snivelling modern invention, with no warrant in the gospels. – George Bernard Shaw
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