The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one p…

George Bernard Shaw
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. ✨ Man and Superman Maxims for Revolutionists (1903) See Hawthorne 18
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. ✨ Man and Superman Maxims for Revolutionists (1903) See Hawthorne 18

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