Would the world ever have been made if its maker had been afraid of ma…

George Bernard Shaw
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Would the world ever have been made if its maker had been afraid of making trouble?Making life means making trouble. There’s only one way of escaping trouble; and that’s killing things. ✨ George Bernard Shaw (2015). Pygmalion, p.70, Xist Publishing
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Would the world ever have been made if its maker had been afraid of making trouble?Making life means making trouble. There’s only one way of escaping trouble; and that’s killing things. ✨ George Bernard Shaw (2015). Pygmalion, p.70, Xist Publishing

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