Strung Quartet?One evening George Bernard Shaw attended a performance by an Italian string quartet. "These men," his companion approvingly declared, "have been playing together for twelve years."
"Surely," Shaw replied, "we have been here longer than that!"
Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950) Anglo-Irish playwright, critic, wit and man of letters; Nobel Prize recipient (Literature, 1925) [noted for such works as Pygmallion,Major Barbara, Heartbreak House, Saint Joan,Mrs. Warren's Profession, Arms and the Man, Candida, and Man and Superman]
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