A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic

Happiness

Speaker

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Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Man and Superman

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play)

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "Man and Superman." Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Oxford University Press, 2021, act 1. Originally published by Archibald and Constable Co., Ltd., 1903.

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Time
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Original Citation

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Medium
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Statement Type
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Original Citation

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