George Bernard Shaw Quotes

We throw the whole drudgery of creation on one sex, and then imply that no female of any delicacy would initiate any effort in that direction.

George Bernard Shaw

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• We had a lot of difficulty in getting the French to accept the pyramid. They thought we were trying to import a piece of Egypt until I pointed out that their obelisk was also from Egypt and the Place des Pyramides is around the corner. Then they accepted it. The pyramid at the Louvre, though, is just the tip.

  

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• We throw the whole drudgery of creation on one sex, and then imply that no female of any delicacy would initiate any effort in that direction.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Sex
  • Creation
  • Drudgery