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The Softness of a Padded Cell (Chesterton)

All blows fall soundless on the softness of a padded cell.

– G.K. Chesterton, The Mad Official, from In Defense of Sanity, p. 62

The point? When the lunatics aren’t making any noise, you can be sure that the entire place has become an asylum.

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