George Bernard Shaw: You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well hammered yourself

You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attac — George Bernard Shaw

You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well hammered yourself.

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