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It is very foolish of a man to be frightened of a skeleton, for Nature has put an insurmountable obstacle against running away from it.
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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The full value of this life can only be got by fighting the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted everything we have missed something - war. This life of ours is a very enjoyable fight, but a very miserable truce.
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Evil comes at leisure like the disease. Good comes in a hurry like the doctor.
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Saint George he was for England, And before he killed the dragon he drank a pint of English ale out of an English flagon.
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People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.
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A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.
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Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.
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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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The trouble with Christianity is, not that its failed, but that it's never been tried . . . not that it can't remake the world, but that it's difficult.
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Always be comic in a tragedy. What the deuce else can you do?
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