Letters of George Bernard Shaw

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We do not seek for truth in the abstract... Every man sees what he looks for, and hears what he listens for, and nothing else.

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Shaw, George Bernard. Letter to E. C. Chapman. 29 July 1891.

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I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.

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Shaw, George Bernard. Letter to Ellen Terry. 28 Aug. 1896.

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