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Riddle Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- We all feel the riddle of the earth without anyone to point it out. The mystery of life is the plainest part of it. The…
- The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
- The Iliad is only great because all life is a battle, The Odyssey because all life is a journey, The Book of Job because all…
- Indeed the Book of Job avowedly only answers mystery with mystery. Job is comforted with riddles; but he is comforted. Herein is indeed a type,…
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- Not only is there no guarantee of the temporal immortality of the human soul, that is to say of its eternal survival… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great… — Alexander Pope
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