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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.
         

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.


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