If you'd take your head home and boil it for a turnip it might be usef…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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If you'd take your head home and boil it for a turnip it might be useful. I can't say. But it might. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.191, Simon and Schuster
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If you'd take your head home and boil it for a turnip it might be useful. I can't say. But it might. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.191, Simon and Schuster

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