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“Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. But what does he do if there is no forest? He grows a forest to hide it in.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“Private lives are more important than public reputations.”
― G.K. Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown

“A radical does not mean a man who lives on radishes," remarked Crook, with some impatience; "and a Conservative does not mean a man who preserves jam. Neither, I assure you, does a Socialist mean a man who desires a social evening with the chimney-sweep. A Socialist means a man who wants all the chimneys swept and all the chimney-sweeps paid for it.”
― G.K. Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown

“In every decision there must be some regrets.”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice