Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evid…

C. S. Lewis
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Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.20, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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