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People decided that it was impossible to achieve any of the good of Socialism, but they comforted themselves by achieving all the bad.
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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Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.
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