Ireland in the New Century (1904) by Horace Plunkett
• Often quoted as: Irish history is something no Englishman should forget and no Irishman should remember.
• Often quoted as: Irish history is something no Englishman should forget and no Irishman should remember.
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In my view, Anglo-Irish history is for Englishmen to remember, for Irishmen to forget.
— George Bernard Shaw
What It Means
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• Often quoted as: Irish history is something no Englishman should forget and no Irishman should remember." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist with a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory. He wrote more than sixty plays, including such works as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.
About George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist with a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory. He wrote more than sixty plays, including such works as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.
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