Fashion Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.” quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton — Download Open image

“Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.”

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The triangle of truisms, of father, mother and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.

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