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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/george-bernard-shaw" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="George Bernard Shaw"  src="//izquotes.com/images/george-bernard-shaw-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/george-bernard-shaw/a-broken-heart-is-a-very-pleasant-complaint-for-a-man-in-london-if-he-has-a-comfortable-income-168770" class="qlink">A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/george-bernard-shaw">George Bernard Shaw</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy (2012 edition), The Floating Press - ISBN: 9781775459903</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/george-bernard-shaw/a-broken-heart-is-a-very-pleasant-complaint-for-a-man-in-london-if-he-has-a-comfortable-income-168770',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fgeorge-bernard-shaw%2Fa-broken-heart-is-a-very-pleasant-complaint-for-a-man-in-london-if-he-has-a-comfortable-income-168770&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=A+broken+heart+is+a+very+pleasant+complaint+for+a+man+in+London+if+he+has+a+comfortable...+%28George+Bernard+Shaw%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fgeorge-bernard-shaw%2Fa-broken-heart-is-a-very-pleasant-complaint-for-a-man-in-london-if-he-has-a-comfortable-income-168770',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/george-bernard-shaw/a-broken-heart-is-a-very-pleasant-complaint-for-a-man-in-london-if-he-has-a-comfortable-income-168770" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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