"Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody <i>can</i> read." [As quoted in <i>Li… - George Bernard Shaw

"Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read."

[As quoted in Literary Censorship in England (in Current Opinion, Vol. 55, No. 5, November 1913)]

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About George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist with a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory. He wrote more than sixty plays, including such works as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.

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Alternative Names: Bernard Shaw G.B. Shaw G. Bernard Shaw
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دائما ما يلوم الناس الظروف ، لكني لأاؤمن بالظروف . الناجحون في هذه الدنيا هم اناس يقومون في الصباح ويبحثون عن ظروف مواتيه ، وأذا لم يجدوها صنعوها .

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