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Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take a healthy view of it or, better still, feel a healthy indifference to it.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take a healthy view of it or, better still, feel a healthy indifference to it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Gilbert K. Chesterton was a Writer from United Kingdom (1874–1936).

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This quote is attributed to Gilbert K. Chesterton, a Writer from United Kingdom.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton lived from 1874 – 1936.
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