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- এটি George Bernard Shaw তার play 'Heartbreak House' -এ লিখেছেন।
• G. B. Shaw (1856-1950):
- George Bernard Shaw একজন বিখ্যাত ইংরেজ নাট্যকার, সমালোচক এবং রাজনৈতিক চিন্তাবিদ ছিলেন।
- তার পুরো নাম George Bernard Shaw.
- তিনি 'Modern period' এর নাট্যকার।
- তিনি ১৯২৫ সালে নোবেল পুরস্কার পান।
- G.B. Shaw ছিলেন Fabian Society এর একজন সদস্য।
- তিনি Fabian Society -এর সদস্য ছিলেন, যা ছিল একটি socialist society.
• Famous Plays of G.B. Shaw:
- Pygmalion (Romantic play),
- Major Barbara (Social satire),
- Mrs. Warren's Profession;(play),
- Arms and the Man (Romantic comedy),
- Heartbreak House (Satirical Drama/Tragicomedy);
- Caesar and Cleopatra; (play/tragedy),
- Man and Superman; (Comedy play),
- The Doctor's Dilemma; (satire drama/play, Epilogue),
- St. Joan of Arc, etc.
• Important quotations:
- Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
- There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
- It is our duty to live as long as we can.
- Nine shoulders out of ten are born fools.
- God is on the side of big battalions'.
- Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.
- The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.
- There are two tragedies in life, One is not to get your heart's desire and The other is to get it.
Source: Britannica.