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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Truth, of course, must of necessity be stranger than fiction,..."

Truth, of course, must of necessity be stranger than fiction, for we have made fiction to suit ourselves.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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