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“When a man really tells the truth, the first truth he tells is that he himself is a liar.”
― G.K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World

tags: beginning, honesty, liars, truth

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“Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.”
― G.K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World

tags: beliefs, fashions, ideals, worldviews, zeitgeist

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“No man demands what he desires; each man demands what he fancies he can get. Soon people forget what the man really wanted first; and after a successful and vigorous political life, he forgets it himself. The whole is an extravagant riot of second bests, a pandemonium of pis-aller.”
― G.K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World

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“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
― G.K. Chesterton

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“There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”
― G.K. Chesterton

tags: happiness, satisfaction, serenity

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