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The strangest whim has seized me ... After all I think I will not hang myself today.
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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I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.
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Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.
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if a man would make his world large, he must be always making himself small.
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