The classes that wash most are those that work least. ✨ Gilbert K. Che…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The classes that wash most are those that work least. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.362, Simon and Schuster
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The classes that wash most are those that work least. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.362, Simon and Schuster

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