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To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as to withhold payment of a just debt lest your creditor should spend the money badly.

George Bernard Shaw

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George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright

July 26th, 1856 - November 2nd, 1950

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