John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| George Bernard Shaw. (1856–1950) |
| 8108 |
| A great devotee of the Gospel of Getting On. |
| Mrs. Warren’s Profession. |
| 8109 |
| A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. |
| Man and Superman. Act i. |
| 8110 |
| The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is. |
| Man and Superman. Act i. |
| 8111 |
| 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. |
| 8112 |
| 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. |
| 8113 |
| Kings are not born: they are made by universal hallucination. |
| The Revolutionist’s Handbook. |
| Benjamin Franklin King, Jr. (1857–1894) |
| 8114 |
| If I should die to-night 1 And you should come in deepest grief and woe— And say:—“Here’s that ten dollars that I owe,” I might arise in my large white cravat And say, “What’s that?” |
| If I should die. |
| 8115 |
| Nothing to do but work, Nothing to eat but food, Nothing to wear but clothes To keep one from going nude. |
| The Pessimist. |
| Note 1. Parody on: If I should die to-night, My friends would look upon my quiet face Before they laid it in its resting-place, And deem that death had left it almost fair. Belle E. Smith. [back] |