George Bernard Shaw Quotes
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.
Shaw, George Bernard. Preface. Getting Married, Constable and Company, 1911.
This idea which would become seriously considered in the 1960s, was a totally radical one at the beginning of the 19th century. With people living so much longer, the idea is no longer radical but has become another polarizing issue in the political culture wars. See {627925} where Shelley goes even further.
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1912) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
