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A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men he is a man so strong that he feels more.
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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When you with velvets mantled o'er, Defy December's tempests frore, Oh! spare one garment from your store, To clothe the poor at Christmas.
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Women are the only realists their whole object in life is to pit their realism against the extravagant, excessive, and occasionally drunken idealism of men.
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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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Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government.
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The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.
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