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There are many ways to fall down, but there's only one way to stand up straight.
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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Physical science is like simple addition: it is either infallible or it is false.
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He wondered why the pelican was the symbol of charity, except it was that it wanted a good deal of charity to admire a pelican.
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Lord! what a strange world in which a man cannot remain unique even by taking the trouble to go mad!
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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.
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He who has no sympathy with myths has no sympathy with men.
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A modern man may disapprove of some of his sweeping reforms, and approve others but finds it difficult not to admire even where he does not approve.
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The big corporation is not in the least remarkable for efficiency it is only too big to be blamed for its inefficiency.
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I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
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