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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Biography

Author Profession: Writer
Nationality: English
Born: May 29, 1874
Died: June 14, 1936

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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
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There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
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A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.
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Half a truth is better than no politics.
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It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.
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