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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 John Bartlett

 
1
      A great devotee of the Gospel of Getting On.
          Mrs. Warren’s Profession.
2
      A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.
          Man and Superman. Act i.
3
      The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
          Man and Superman. Act i.
4
      You think that you are Ann’s suitor; that you are the pursuer and she the pursued; that it is your part to woo, to persuade, to prevail, to overcome. Fool: it is you who are the pursued, the marked-down quarry, the destined prey.
          Man and Superman. Act. ii.
5
      Marry Ann and at the end of a week you ’ll find no more inspiration in her than in a plate of muffins.
          Man and Superman. Act. ii.
6
      Kings are not born: they are made by universal hallucination.
          The Revolutionist’s Handbook.