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Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government.
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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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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There is a corollary to the conception of being too proud to fight. It is that the humble have to do most of the fighting.
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How quickly revolutions grow old and, worse still, respectable.
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The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden heaven is a playground.
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