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If the apple hit Newton’s nose, Newton’s nose hit the apple.
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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Architecture is the alphabet of giants it is the largest set of symbols ever made to meet the eyes of men. A tower stands up like a sort of simplified stature, of much more than heroic size.
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(Tradition) is the democracy of the dead.
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The Catholic Church is the only thing that saves man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age.
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Every man is important if he loses his lifeand every man is funny if he loses his hat and has to run after it.
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