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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls but they are the walls of a playground.
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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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.
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