George Bernard Shaw: is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting t

is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something v — George Bernard Shaw

is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.

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