The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.15, Simon and Schuster
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