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G. K. Chesterton: top 200 quotes
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Terrorism (n.) is, strictly speaking, a kind of art, and the man who throws a bomb is an artist, for he prefers a great moment to everything.
A Teacher (n.) is not teaching when he is not being dogmatic.
Satire (n.) angers a man because it is true, just as libel angers him because it is false.
A Classic (n.) is a book one can praise without having read.
Love (n.) is loving that which is unlovable... or it is no virtue at all.
to Love (n.) is to realize that the thing in question may be lost.
Love (n.) is impossible without wanting to fight for it.
Happiness (n.) is a mystery like religion, and should never be rationalized.
Happiness (n.) is still loving something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time... he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.
Happiness (n.) is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.