What George Bernard Shaw thinks about happiness

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Irish playwright and polemicist (1856 to 1950); Nobel Prize in Literature laureate in 1925; author of Maxims for Revolutionists.

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2 dated positions, c. 1906–1907, in their own words. Our reading of what George Bernard Shaw has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1906–1907

   Our readingSociety should give everyone enough to live well on, then see that they earn it

   Their wordsThe sensible course would be Cobden-Sanderson's: that is, to give every man enough to live well on, so as to guarantee the community against the possibility of a case of the malignant disease of poverty, and then (necessarily) to see that he earned it.

   ↗Preface to Major Barbara: First Aid to Critics (1906)gutenberg.org All 18 from this book

3. c. 1906–1907

   Our readingMoney is the most important thing in the world, standing for health, strength and honor

   Their wordsMoney is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity and beauty as conspicuously and undeniably as the want of it represents illness, weakness, disgrace, meanness and ugliness.

   ↗Preface to Major Barbara: First Aid to Critics (1906)gutenberg.org All 18 from this book