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G K Chesterton: The lunatic is...

G K Chesterton: The lunatic is...

The lunatic is the man who lives in a small world but thinks it is a large one; he is the man who lives in a tenth of...

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G K Chesterton: If I had...

G K Chesterton: If I had...

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

Source: In...

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G K Chesterton: A good novel...

G K Chesterton: A good novel...

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its...

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G K Chesterton: Truth must necessarily...

G K Chesterton: Truth must necessarily...

Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial...

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G K Chesterton: People in high...

G K Chesterton: People in high...

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily...

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G K Chesterton: Am in Birmingham....

G K Chesterton: Am in Birmingham....

Am in Birmingham. Where ought I to be?

Source: Telegram to his wife during a...

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G K Chesterton: The only words...

G K Chesterton: The only words...

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell,...

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G K Chesterton: A dying monarchy...

G K Chesterton: A dying monarchy...

A dying monarchy is always one that has too much power, not too little; a dying religion always interferes more than...

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G K Chesterton: The rich are...

G K Chesterton: The rich are...

The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

Source: The Flying Inn.
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E B White: A poet's pleasure...

E B White: A poet's pleasure...

A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from...

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Mark Twain: Whenever the literary...

Mark Twain: Whenever the literary...

Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you are going to see of him till he emerges on...

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Mark Twain: Now, what I...

Mark Twain: Now, what I...

Now, what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm through my...

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Mark Twain: There are no...

Mark Twain: There are no...

There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it.

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Mark Twain: There it is:...

Mark Twain: There it is:...

There it is: it doesn't make any difference who we are or what we are, there's always somebody to look down on!...

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Mark Twain: We like a...

Mark Twain: We like a...

We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks, if we agree with him.

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George Washington: If the freedom...

George Washington: If the freedom...

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the...

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Andrew Jackson: The wisdom of...

Andrew Jackson: The wisdom of...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect...

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Abraham Lincoln: I have endured...

Abraham Lincoln: I have endured...

I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice, and have received a great deal of kindness not quite free...

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Abraham Lincoln: A farce or...

Abraham Lincoln: A farce or...

A farce or comedy is best played; a tragedy is best read at home.

Source: In...

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Abraham Lincoln: Suspicions which may...

Abraham Lincoln: Suspicions which may...

Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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