George Bernard Shaw Quotes

As long as more people will pay admission to a theater to see a naked body than to see a naked brain, the drama will languish.

George Bernard Shaw

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• As long as more people will pay admission to a theater to see a naked body than to see a naked brain, the drama will languish.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • People
  • Theatre
  • Pay