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If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to the community
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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Make me a beautiful word for doing things tomorrow for that surely is a great and blessed invention.
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Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
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Don't waste time collecting other people's autographs rather devote it to making your own autograph worth collecting.
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You have nothing to do but mention the quantum theory, and people will take your voice for the voice of science, and belive anything.
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