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All slang is a metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

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White founts falling in the courts of the sun, / And the Soldan of Byzantium is smiling as they run.
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The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion.
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I am going to hold a pistol to the head of the Modern Man. But I shall not use it to kill him–only to bring him to life.
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The modern philosopher had told me again and again that I was in the right place, and I still felt depressed even in acquiescence. But I had heard that I was in the wrong place, and my soul sang for joy like a bird in spring.
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