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Born 1856 in Dublin · Died 1950 in Ayot St Lawrence
writer, playwright, essayist, screenwriter · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Notable works: Pygmalion, Saint Joan, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Caesar and Cleopatra
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Pygmalion
course editions cited: 1994–2008 ·
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From Project Gutenberg e-text #3825 (public domain in the USA).
I sold flowers. I didn’t sell myself. Now you’ve made a lady of me I’m not fit to sell anything else.
— Liza · Act IV
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— Higgins · Act V
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From Project Gutenberg e-text #3790 (public domain in the USA).
He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
— Undershaft · Act III
Read in context → Copy Share You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.
— Cusins · Act III
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