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“ ”The Skeleton
Chattering finch and water-fly
Are not merrier than I;
Here among the flowers I lie
Laughing everlastingly.
No: I may not tell the best;
Surely, friends, I might have guessed
Death was but the good King's jest,
It was hid so carefully.
About G.K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was a British writer whose prolific and diverse output included works of philosophy, ontology, poetry, play writing, journalism, public lecturing and debating, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics (particularly for Catholicism), and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction. He has been called the "prince of paradox".
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Additional quotes by G.K. Chesterton
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
With every step of our lives we enter into the middle of some story which we are certain to misunderstand.
He wondered why the pelican was the symbol of charity, except it was that it wanted a good deal of charity to admire a pelican.