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A learned man is an idler who kills time by study.
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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Love is a simple thing and a deep thing: it is an act of life and not an illusion. Art is an illusion.
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