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There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness and none more profitable.
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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Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.
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