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My brain and this world don't fit each other and there's an end of it.
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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Properly speaking, of course, there is no such thing as a return to nature, because there is no such thing as a departure from it. The phrase reminds one of the slightly intoxicated gentleman who gets up in his own dining room and declares firmly that he must be getting home.
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[Fairy tales] make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for one wild moment, that they run with water.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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A naked moon stood in a naked sky.
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The Christian pities men because they are dying, and the Buddhist pities them because they are living. The Christian is sorry for what damages the life of a man but the Buddhist is sorry for him because he is alive.
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The true object of human life is play.
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