G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

1874–1936
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An English writer and Christian apologist of the early 20th century, G. K. Chesterton deployed wit and paradox to defend Christian tradition. His distinctive style and defence of orthodoxy made him a major literary and intellectual figure.

Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial. Melancholy should be an innocent interlude, a tender and fugitive frame of mind; praise should be the permanent pulsation of the soul.

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