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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard but by attacking and getting well hammered yourself. - Quote by 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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