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| George Bernard Shaw
He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. |
| Then there's the Irishman on the construction site who was asked if he knows the difference between a joist and a girder. "Well, sure anyone would know that" he replies.
Notes: Joist wrote Ulysses and Girder wrote Faust. |
| Jonathan Swift
Tis an old maxim in the schools, that flattery's the food of fools; yet now and then your men of wit will condescend to take a bit. |
| Oscar Wilde
The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. |
| George Bernard Shaw
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week. |
| She was like a cat on a scissors.
Notes: From out of the mouth of a nun in Ballyragget, Kilkenny when describing a woman in high heels: |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan
He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts. Notes: in honour of his birthday October 30 |
| Oscar Wilde
Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. |
| Oscar Wilde
Bernard Shaw is an excellent man; he has not an enemy in the world, and none of his friends like him. |
| Penny R.
Irish whiskey was first developed for its medicinal benefits. It's just lucky for the rest of us that the Irish are such a sickly bunch. |
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