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G K Chesterton: A stiff apology...

G K Chesterton: A stiff apology...

A stiff apology is a second insult. . . . The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been...

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G K Chesterton: Before the Roman...

G K Chesterton: Before the Roman...

Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode,
The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English...

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G K Chesterton: They haven't got...

G K Chesterton: They haven't got...

They haven't got no noses
The fallen sons of Eve;
Even the smell of roses
Is not what they supposes;
But...

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G K Chesterton: All architecture is...

G K Chesterton: All architecture is...

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of...

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G K Chesterton: If a thing...

G K Chesterton: If a thing...

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

Source: What's Wrong with the...

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G K Chesterton: Smile at us,...

G K Chesterton: Smile at us,...

Smile at us, pay us, pass us; but do not quite forget. For we are the people of England, that never have spoken...

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E B White: Shocking writing is...

E B White: Shocking writing is...

Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and...

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Charles Dickens: We didn't find...

Charles Dickens: We didn't find...

We didn't find that it [London] come up to its likeness in the red bills - it is there drawd too...

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Charles Dickens: Oh Sammy, Sammy,...

Charles Dickens: Oh Sammy, Sammy,...

Oh Sammy, Sammy, vy worn't there a alleybi!

Source: (Mr Weller) Pickwick Papers,...

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Charles Dickens: Papa, potatoes, poultry,...

Charles Dickens: Papa, potatoes, poultry,...

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips; especially prunes and...

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Charles Dickens: She is come...

Charles Dickens: She is come...

She is come at last - at last - and all is gas and gaiters!

Source: (The Gentleman...

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Charles Dickens: Old girl,' said...

Charles Dickens: Old girl,' said...

'Old girl,' said Mr Bagnet, `give him my opinion. You know it.'

Source: Bleak...

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Charles Dickens: Can I unmoved...

Charles Dickens: Can I unmoved...

Can I unmoved see thee dying
On a log,
Expiring frog!


Source: (Mrs Leo...

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Charles Dickens: God bless us...

Charles Dickens: God bless us...

'God bless us every one!' said Tiny Tim, the last of all.

Source: A Christmas...

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Charles Dickens: Barkis is willin'....

Charles Dickens: Barkis is willin'....

Barkis is willin'.

Source: David Copperfield, Ch. 5
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7...

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Charles Dickens: A boy's story...

Charles Dickens: A boy's story...

A boy's story is the best that is ever told.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Charles Dickens: Life is made...

Charles Dickens: Life is made...

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Charles Dickens: Regrets are the...

Charles Dickens: Regrets are the...

Regrets are the natural property of gray hairs.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Charles Dickens: A highly geological...

Charles Dickens: A highly geological...

A highly geological home-made cake.

Source: Martin Chuzzlewit, Ch. 5
-- Charles...

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Charles Dickens: A man in...

Charles Dickens: A man in...

A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elewated sitiwation, and not of...

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