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"The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see."
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics: Truth
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"If there were no God, there would be no atheists."
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics: Atheism
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"Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive."
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics: Life
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"To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it."
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics: Money
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"True contentment is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it."
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics: Contentment
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"Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods."
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics: Religion
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"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics: Reasoning, Thankfulness
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"The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it."
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics: Finances, Honesty
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"Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young."
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics: Children, Youth
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"Customs are generally unselfish. Habits are nearly always selfish."
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics: Habits
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"It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem."
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics: Ignorance
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"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics: Life
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"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies: probably because they are generally the same people."
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics: Love, The Bible, Enemies
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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
Topics: Christmas, Children
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"Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable."
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics: Drunkenness
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