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Beware of false knowledge it is more dangerous than ignorance.
George Bernard Shaw
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George Bernard Shaw
Age: 94 †
Born: 1856
Born: July 26
Died: 1950
Died: November 2
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Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.
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When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.
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Gentle Jesus, meek and mild' is a snivelling modern invention, with no warrant in the gospels.
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