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Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you.
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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Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.
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I am myself so exceedingly Nordic, as far as physical constitution is concerned, that I can enjoy almost any weather except what is called glorious weather. At the end of a few days, I am left wondering how the men of the Mediterranean ever managed to do almost all the most active and astonishing things that have been done.
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If I think the universe is triangular, and you think it is square, there cannot be room for two universes. We may argue politely, we may argue humanely, we may argue with great mutual benefit: but, obviously, we must argue.
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A man must be orthodox upon most things, or he will never even have time to preach his own heresy.
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Dogma does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought.
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There is a case for telling the truth there is a case for avoiding the scandal but there is no possible defense for the man who tells the scandal, but does not tell the truth
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The average woman is at the head of something with which she can do as she likes the average man has to obey orders and do nothing else.
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The best kind of giving is thanksgiving.
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It is true that I am of an older fashion much that I love has been destroyed or sent into exile.
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Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.
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