We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable second-rateness of the people we do know.


The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays (ed. e-artnow, 2015) - ISBN: 9788026833895

George Bernard Shaw Quotes

We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable...

We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable...

We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable...

We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable...