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Misattributed quotes — G. K. Chesterton

1874–1936 England

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When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing — they believe in anything.

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A man knocking on the door of a brothel is looking for God.

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A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been the boy.

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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.

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Q: What's wrong with the world? A: I am.

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A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.

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An open mind is really a mark of foolishness, like an open mouth. Mouths and minds were made to shut; they were made to open only in order to shut.

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Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason why it was put up.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: G. K. Chesterton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.