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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.
         

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.


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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.



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?

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It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.



But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

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