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Letter "G" » G. K. Chesterton Quotes
«The disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present. History is a hill or high point of vantage, from which alone men see the town in which they live or the age in which they are living.»
«And they that rule in England, / In stately conclave met, / Alas, alas for England / They have no graves as yet.»
«The simplification of anything is always sensational.»
«I rose politely in the club / And said, `I feel a little bored; / Will someone take me to a pub?'»
«I want to reassure you I am not this size, really - dear me no, I'm being amplified by the mike.»
«Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.»
«And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine, / `I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get into the wine'.»
Author: G. K. Chesterton
(Critic, Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
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dine, get into, Noah, Sat, water down
«The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.»
«A man who has faith must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool.»
«If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue.»
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