George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Every Englishman believes that Handel now occupies an important position in heaven. If so, le bon Dieu must feel toward him very much as Louis Treize felt toward Richelieu.

George Bernard Shaw

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• Handel

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• Every Englishman believes that Handel now occupies an important position in heaven. If so, le bon Dieu must feel toward him very much as Louis Treize felt toward Richelieu.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Heaven
  • Position
  • Believes