somehow one must love the world without being worldly. ✨ Gilbert K. Ch…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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somehow one must love the world without being worldly. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.58, Simon and Schuster
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somehow one must love the world without being worldly. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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