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It is only great men who take up a great space by not being there.
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 whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it.
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God is not a symbol of goodness goodness is a symbol of God
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A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Life is not an illogicality yet it is a trap for logicians. It looks just a little more mathematical and regular than it is its exactitude is obvious, but its inexactitude is hidden its wildness lies in wait.
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The old assumption of the approximate impossibility of war really rested on a similar assumption about the impossibility of evil-and especially of evil in high places.
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Just at present you only see the tree by the light of the lamp. I wonder when you would ever see the lamp by the light of the tree.
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St Thomas (Aqinas) loved books and lived on books... When asked for what he thanked God most, he answered simply, ‘I have understood every page I ever read’.
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Forms of expression always appear turgid to those who do not share the emotions they represent.
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One pleasure attached to growing older is that many things seem to be growing younger growing fresher and more lively than we once supposed them to be.
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A large section of the intelligentsia seems wholly devoid of intelligence.
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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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There are no new ideas about female education.
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Puritanism was an honourable mood it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake.
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