George Bernard Shaw Quotes

If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman's pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog.

George Bernard Shaw

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• Gambling
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• If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman's pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Smoking
  • Gambling
  • Eliminate