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<blockquote data-quote="EdMarlo" data-source="post: 1392965" data-attributes="member: 20109">I love G.K. Chesterton!He was a wonderful conservative writer who revelled in paradox. I discovered him through Jorge Luis Borges. It is clear from his writings that Borges was a huge fan.The plot to Chesterton&#039;s collection of stories, The Club of Queer Trades, always fascinated me. Each story in the collection is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a &quot;queer trade&quot;, using the word &quot;queer&quot; in the sense of &quot;peculiar&quot;). I think that is something we should all aim for when it comes to earning a living. Here are some of my favourite G.K. Chesterton quotes:“A madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason.&quot; “The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected.&quot;“Don&#039;t ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EdMarlo, post: 1392965, member: 20109"] I love G.K. Chesterton! He was a wonderful conservative writer who revelled in paradox. I discovered him through Jorge Luis Borges. It is clear from his writings that Borges was a huge fan. The plot to Chesterton's collection of stories, [I]The Club of Queer Trades[/I], always fascinated me. Each story in the collection is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a "queer trade", using the word "queer" in the sense of "peculiar"). I think that is something we should all aim for when it comes to earning a living. Here are some of my favourite G.K. Chesterton quotes: [I]“A madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason." “The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected." “Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.”[/I] [/QUOTE]

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