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The average woman is at the head of something with which she can do as she likes the average man has to obey orders and do nothing else.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: May 29
Died: 1936
Died: June 14
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