George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Self-denial is not a virtue: it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.

George Bernard Shaw

• Virtue
• Effect
• Prudence
• Self-Denial
• Rascality

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• Self-denial is not a virtue: it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Virtue
  • Effect
  • Prudence