The first prison I ever saw had inscribed on it CEASE TO DO EVIL: LEAR…

George Bernard Shaw
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The first prison I ever saw had inscribed on it CEASE TO DO EVIL: LEARN TO DO WELL; but as the inscription was on the outside, the prisoners could not read it. ✨ George Bernard Shaw (1993). The Complete Prefaces: 1914-1929, Viking Adult
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The first prison I ever saw had inscribed on it CEASE TO DO EVIL: LEARN TO DO WELL; but as the inscription was on the outside, the prisoners could not read it. ✨ George Bernard Shaw (1993). The Complete Prefaces: 1914-1929, Viking Adult

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