“ the silly people don't know their own silly business. ”
George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion (1913). copy citation
| Author | George Bernard Shaw |
|---|---|
| Source | Pygmalion |
| Topic | stupidity insight |
| Date | 1913 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3825/3825-h/3825-h.htm |
Context
“You see, lots of the real people can't do it at all: they're such fools that they think style comes by nature to people in their position; and so they never learn. There's always something professional about doing a thing superlatively well.
HIGGINS. Yes: that's what drives me mad: the silly people don't know their own silly business. [Rising] However, it's over and done with; and now I can go to bed at last without dreading tomorrow.
Eliza's beauty becomes murderous.
PICKERING. I think I shall turn in too. Still, it's been a great occasion: a triumph for you.” source
HIGGINS. Yes: that's what drives me mad: the silly people don't know their own silly business. [Rising] However, it's over and done with; and now I can go to bed at last without dreading tomorrow.
Eliza's beauty becomes murderous.
PICKERING. I think I shall turn in too. Still, it's been a great occasion: a triumph for you.” source
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