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Quote by G.K. Chesterton
There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse tha

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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When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? – G.K. Chesterton

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What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon. – G.K. Chesterton

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Liberalism… is the noblest cry that has ever resounded in this planet. – José Ortega y Gasset

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Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. – Aldous Huxley

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When it comes time to do your own life, you either perpetuate your childhood or you stand on it and finally kick it out from under. – Rosellen Brown

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