George Bernard Shaw: Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation

Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growt — George Bernard Shaw

Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it...

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