George Bernard Shaw -- Irish dramatist, literary critic, socialist spokesman, 20th century theater figure, Nobel Laureate in Literature (1925), freethinker, defender of women's rights, and advocate of equality of income.
Shaw was always outspoken and frequently misinterpreted by the more conservative elements of society. Yet he managed to offer some keen insights on the human community and condition. Here are a few:
I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.
Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.
What do you think? Has he captured some truth?
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This one struck me most.