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Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall be gloriously surprised.
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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According to most philosophers, God in making the world enslaved it. According to Christianity, in making it, He set it free. God had written, not so much a poem, but rather a play a play he had planned as perfect, but which had necessarily been left to human actors and stage-managers, who had since made a great mess of it.
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The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can’t play and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die in harness. But the Englishman, as he has since become, works until he can pretend that he never worked at all.
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Puritanism was an honourable mood it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake.
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It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
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The great saint may be said to mix all his thoughts with thanks. All goods look better when they look like gifts.
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Paradox - Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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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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The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden heaven is a playground.
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Christianity even when watered down is hot enough to boil all modern society to rags.
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The more truly we can see life as a fairytale, the more clearly the tale resolves itself into war with the dragon who is wasting fairyland.
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All good writers express the state of their souls, even (as occurs in some cases of very good writers) if it is a state of damnation.
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A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth this has been exactly reversed.
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A child's instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child's hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.
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