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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: It is the chief value of legend to mix up the centuries while preserving the sentiment.
         

It is the chief value of legend to mix up the centuries while preserving the sentiment.


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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.



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God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.



Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.



Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.



I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right



The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.



A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.



When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?



It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.



But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.





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It was as though applied mathematics was my spouse, and pure mathematics was my secret lover.



I really have never been nervous in the big leagues.

I really have never been nervous in the big leagues.



My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.



They like their coffee like they like their ex-boyfriends: bitter.

They like their coffee like they like their ex-boyfriends: bitter.



It takes courage to recognize the real as opposed to the convenient.

It takes courage to recognize the real as opposed to the convenient.



Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal.

Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal.



No one's raising children any more. To love a child, you've got to work for it. You have to change its diapers and feed it at night!

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Can it be possible that the painters make John the Baptist a Spaniard in Madrid and an Irishman in Dublin?

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