G. K. Chesterton

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Lived: 1874 – 1936
Era: Modern
Place: London, England

Essayist, novelist, and apologist; celebrated wonder, paradox, and everyday gratitude.

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Thanks are the highest form of thought; gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.
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It is easy to be heavy: hard to be light. Satan fell by the force of gravity.
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Solemnity flows out of men naturally; but laughter is a leap.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats grape-nuts on principle.
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