In his personal life, Shaw was a man of simple habits, who shunned luxury of every kind, and for whom the best recreation was work. Shaw possessed a dominating personality which will be remembered even after his plays have been forgotten, and he will always be known as the most outstanding figure of his times. Shaw, "has been for modern British what Socrates was for ancient Greece," i.e., the Good Man of our time. Shaw is dead, but the legend which he himself helped to create continues.