You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see y…

George Bernard Shaw
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You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul. ✨ George Bernard Shaw (2015). The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more, p.4039, e-artnow
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