G.K. Chesterton's Quote - There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants

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There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read. – G.K. Chesterton

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There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats grapenuts on principle. – G.K. Chesterton

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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair. – G.K. Chesterton

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I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. – G.K. Chesterton

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