“The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Source: Pygmalion & My Fair Lady
“I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me as a flower girl, and always will; but I know I can be a lady to you, because you always treat me as a lady, and always will.”
Source: Pygmalion
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