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" What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is rather not finding them in the familiar place. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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" The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men. "

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" The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it. "

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" The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them. "

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" Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze. "

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" Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men. "

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" I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. "

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" If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. "

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" When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. "

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" A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything. "

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" The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. "

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