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In the end it will not matter to us whether we wrote well or ill whether we fought with flails or reeds. It will matter to us greatly on what side we fought.
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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Truths turn into dogmas the instant that they are disputed. Thus every man who utters a doubt defines a religion.
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Are you a devil? I am a man, answered Father Brown gravely and therefore have all devils in my heart.
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When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.
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Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.
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All but the hard hearted man must be torn with pity for this pathetic dilemma of the rich man, who has to keep the poor man just stout enough to do the work and just thin enough to have to do it.
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People decided that it was impossible to achieve any of the good of Socialism, but they comforted themselves by achieving all the bad.
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The home is not the one tame place in the world of adventure. It is the one wild place in the world of rules and set tasks.
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All men are ordinary men the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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We are all ordinary people. And it's the extraordinary people Who know it.
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Think of all those ages through which men have had the courage to die, and then remember that we have actually fallen to talking about having the courage to live.
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The big corporation is not in the least remarkable for efficiency it is only too big to be blamed for its inefficiency.
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When you with velvets mantled o'er, Defy December's tempests frore, Oh! spare one garment from your store, To clothe the poor at Christmas.
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The truth is that it is our attitude towards children that is right, and our attitude towards grown-up people that is wrong.
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Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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