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Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.
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The home is not the one tame place in the world of adventure. It is the one wild place in the world of rules and set tasks.
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There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
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The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may be a theatrical “encore.”
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There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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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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Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

More Quotable Chesterton

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In the end it will not matter to us whether we fought with flails or reeds. It will matter to us greatly on what side we fought.
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One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the most prolific and influential intellectuals in early 20th-century England. His work spans poetry, fiction (notably the Father Brown stories), essays, criticism, and Christian apologetics. Chesterton was a master of paradox and aphorism, using his wit and intelligence to defend conservative ideas and the Christian faith. His personality was as striking as his writing; he was described as a portly man, with a jovial appearance and a brilliant, inquisitive mind. He fought against what he saw as the decline of rational and spiritual thought in modern society, advocating for traditional values and human dignity.