A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It i…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is ready to toil and die for his convictions if he is not even ready to wear a wreathe around his head for them. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.160, Simon and Schuster
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