You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, bu…

George Bernard Shaw
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You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well hammered yourself. ✨ Getting Married (Mrs. George). Play by George Bernard Shaw, May 12, 1908.
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You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well hammered yourself. ✨ Getting Married (Mrs. George). Play by George Bernard Shaw, May 12, 1908.

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