Wicked people means people who have no love: therefore, they have no shame. They have the power to ask love because the don't need it: they have the power to offer it because they have none to give.
George Bernard ShawAbout author
- Author's profession: Playwright, Writer
- Nationality: irish
- Born: July 26, 1856
- Died: November 2, 1950
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