“People exaggerate the value of things they haven’t got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them” – George Bernard Shaw
"People exaggerate the value of things they haven’t got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them" – George Bernard Shaw
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