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You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the read more

You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the world.

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

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

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Literature Quotes,
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The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange.

The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange.

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Imagination Quotes,
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I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Golf Quotes,
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The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.

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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

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I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of
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I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of
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There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who read more

There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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Beneath the rule of men entirely great, / The pen is mightier than the sword.

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, / The pen is mightier than the sword.

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The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly.

The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly.

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