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There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.

George Bernard Shaw

Man and Superman · 1903

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Shaw, George Bernard. "Man and Superman." Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Oxford University Press, 2021, act 4. Originally published by Archibald and Constable Co., Ltd., 1903.

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