George Bernard Shaw Quotes

It is not true that men can be divided into absolutely honest persons and absolutely dishonest ones. Our honesty varies with the strain put on it.

George Bernard Shaw

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• It is not true that men can be divided into absolutely honest persons and absolutely dishonest ones. Our honesty varies with the strain put on it.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Men
  • Persons
  • Honest