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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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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if a man would make his world large, he must be always making himself small.
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The sort of man who admires Italian art while despising Italian religion is a tourist and a cad.
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The supreme adventure is being BORN
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