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A man is angry at a libel because it is false, but at a satire because it is true.
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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The diseased pride [of artistic individualists] was not even conscious of a public interest, and would have found all political terms utterly tasteless and insignificant. It was no longer a question of one man one vote, but of one man one universe.
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And it is always the humble man who talks too much the proud man watches himself too closely.
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A citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that the fine is generally much lighter.
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There is no better test of a man's ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong... A stiff apology is a second insult.
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We actually love ourselves more than we love joy.
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The determining bulk of Scotch people had heard of golf ever since they had heard of God and often considered the two as of equal importance.
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'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
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Tolerance is a virtue of people who don't believe in anything anymore.
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Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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But since he stood for England And knew what England means, Unless you give him bacon You must not give him beans.
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One of the chief uses of religion is that it makes us remember our coming from darkness, the simple fact that we are created.
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Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.
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Man is at his tallest when he bows.
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All the exaggerations are right, if they exaggerate the right thing.
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