Man and Superman

I recently discovered Bernard Shaw, having somehow missed out during high school and college. He's pretty amazing - very witty guy. Man and Superman is my new favorite. There's a long scene in the middle where a character has a dream about a woman finding herself in Hell. She doesn't think she belongs there, but Don Juan meets her to reassure her she's in the right place. She goes from claiming innocence to raging about how much worse she could have been had she known she wouldn't make it to Heaven anyhow. Then the devil shows up and a statue and they have a great debate about Heaven and Hell with excellent insights into human nature. The best part is a statement from Don Juan about the devil's earthly minions where he lists a series of virtues and their worldly counterparts. I'm guilty of several of them.

"Your friends are all the dullest dogs I know. They are not beautiful: they are only decorated. They are not clean: they are only shaved and starched. They are not dignified: they are only fashionably dressed. They are not educated: they are only college passmen. They are not religious: they are only pewrenters. They are not moral: they are only conventional. They are not virtuous: they are only cowardly. They are not even vicious: they are only “frail.” They are not artistic: they are only lascivious. They are not prosperous: they are only rich. They are not loyal, they are only servile; not dutiful, only sheepish; not public spirited, only patriotic; not courageous, only quarrelsome; not determined, only obstinate; not masterful, only domineering; not self-controlled, only obtuse; not self-respecting, only vain; not kind, only sentimental; not social, only gregarious; not considerate, only polite; not intelligent, only opinionated; not progressive, only factious; not imaginative, only superstitious; not just, only vindictive; not generous, only propitiatory; not disciplined, only cowed; and not truthful at all: liars every one of them, to the very backbone of their souls."

They are not. . .	They are only. . .
beautiful	decorated
clean	shaved and starched
dignified	fashionably dressed
educated	college passmen
religious	pewrenters
moral	conventional
virtuous	cowardly
vicious	"frail"
artistic	lascivious
prosperous	rich
loyal	servile
dutiful	sheepish
public spirited	patriotic
courageous	quarrelsome
determined	obstinate
masterful	domineering
self-controlled	obtuse
self-respecting	vain
kind	sentimental
social	gregarious
considerate	polite
intelligent	opinionated
progressive	factious
imaginative	superstitious
just	vindictive
generous	propitiary
disciplined	cowed
truthful	liars