A thing may be too sad to be believed or too wicked to be believed or …

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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A thing may be too sad to be believed or too wicked to be believed or too good to be believed; but it cannot be too absurd to be believed in this planet of frogs and elephants, of crocodiles and cuttle-fish.
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