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Though Justice Be Thy Plea, Consider This: That In The Course Of Justice None Of Us Should See Salvation. We Do Pray For Mercy, And That Same Prayer Doth Teach Us All To Render The Deeds Of Mercy.

-George Bernard Shaw

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Though Justice Be Thy

George Bernard Shaw

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Though Justice Be Thy Plea, Consider This: That In The Course Of Justice None Of Us Should See Salvation. We Do Pray For Mercy, And That Same Prayer Doth Teach Us All To Render The Deeds Of Mercy.

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People Must Not Be Forced To Adopt Me As Their Favourite Author, Even For Their Own Good.

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Man Is The Only Animal Which Esteems Itself Rich In Proportion To The Number And Voracity Of Its Parasites.

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We Know There Is Intention And Purpose In The Universe, Because There Is Intention And Purpose In Us.

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New Opinions Often Appear First As Jokes And Fancies, Then As Blasphemies And Treason, Then As Questions Open To Discussion, And Finally As Established Truths.

You're Only A Beginner; And What You Think Is Love, And Interest, And All That, Is Not Real Love At All: Three Quarters Of It Is Only Unsatisfied Curiosity.

Hate Is The Revenge Of A Coward Intimidated.

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Fashions, After All, Are Only Induced Epidemics.

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We Are Told That When Jehovah Created The World He Saw That It Was Good What Would He Say Now

Life Levels All Men. Death Reveals The Eminent.

Without Music We Shall Surely Perish Of Drink, Morphia, And All Sorts Of Artificial Exaggerations Of The Cruder Delights Of The Senses.

Life Isn't About Finding Yourself. Life Is About Creating Yourself.

Don't Lose Faith. Promise Yourself That You Will Be A Success Story, And I Promise You That All The Forces Of The Universe Will Unite To Come To Your Aid; You Might Not Feel Today Or For A While, But The Longer You Wait The Bigger The Prize.

We Are Made Wise Not By The Recollection Of Our Past, But By The Responsibility For Our Future.

First Love Is Only A Little Foolishness And A Lot Of Curiosity.

My Father Must Have Had Some Elementary Education For He Could Read And Write And Keep Accounts Inaccurately

Some People Look At The World And Say 'why?' Some People Look At The World And Say 'why Not?'

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Don't Ask Me For Promises Until I Know What I Am Promising.

Perhaps The Greatest Social Service That Can Be Rendered By Anybody To The Country And To Mankind Is To Bring Up A Family.

It's A Pity Youth Is Wasted On The Young.

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