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" I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while. "

George Bernard Shaw

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" I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy. "

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" The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. "

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" If I own a large part of Scotland, I can turn the people off the land practically into the sea or across the sea. I can take women in child-bearing and throw them into the snow and leave them there. That has been done. I can do it for no better reason than I think it is better to shoot deer on the land than allow people to live on it. "

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" The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business. "

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" The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years. "

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" Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days? "

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