“ Even you, who are a man, cannot say what you think without being misunderstood and vilified—yes ”
George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903). copy citation
| Author | George Bernard Shaw |
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| Source | Man and Superman |
| Topic | thought |
| Date | 1903 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3328/3328-h/3328-h.htm |
Context
“Always the mother!
ANN. It was that dreadful book of yours. You know how timid mother is. All timid women are conventional: we must be conventional, Jack, or we are so cruelly, so vilely misunderstood. Even you, who are a man, cannot say what you think without being misunderstood and vilified—yes: I admit it: I have had to vilify you. Do you want to have poor Rhoda misunderstood and vilified to the same way? Would it be right for mother to let her expose herself to such treatment before she is old enough to judge for herself?”
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