| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 12250 |
| QUOTATION: | Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936), British author. “Wine When It Is Red,” All Things Considered (1908). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Chesterton Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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