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Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.
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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I believe in the discipline of silence, and could talk for hours about it.
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