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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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I sold flowers. I didn't sell myself. Now you've made a lady of me I'm not fit to sell anything else.
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If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
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