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G K Chesterton

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer whose prolific and diverse output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, play writing, journalism, public lecturing and debating, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction.


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Quote Left All slang is a metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. Quote Right
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Quote Left The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums. Quote Right
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Quote Left If the barricades went up in our streets and the poor became masters, I think the priests would escape, I fear the gentlemen would; but I believe the gutters would simply be running with the blood of philanthropists. Quote Right
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Quote Left I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. Quote Right
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Quote Left The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things