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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.
         

Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.


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