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It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: May 29
Died: 1936
Died: June 14
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Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.
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A feminist is someone who loathes being a woman and who dislikes the chief feminine characteristics.
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