An Inspector Calls
What outlook on life had Birling learned in the "good hard school of experience"?
Act 1 Before the inspector arrives
Act 1 Before the inspector arrives
Birling tells the group that he has learned to mind his own business, to look after himself and his own.
But take my word for it, you youngsters – and I’ve learnt in the good hard school of experience – that a man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own – and -
An Inspector Calls