George Bernard Shaw Quotes

You know, Tolstoy, like myself, wasn't taken in by superstitions like science and medicine.

George Bernard Shaw

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• You know, Tolstoy, like myself, wasn't taken in by superstitions like science and medicine.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Science
  • Medicine
  • Tolstoy