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G K Chesterton: The chief object...

G K Chesterton: The chief object...

The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.

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G K Chesterton: Psychoanalysis is confession...

G K Chesterton: Psychoanalysis is confession...

Psychoanalysis is confession without absolution.

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G K Chesterton: The Christian ideal...

G K Chesterton: The Christian ideal...

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left...

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G K Chesterton: Truths turn into...

G K Chesterton: Truths turn into...

Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.

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G K Chesterton: What a glorious...

G K Chesterton: What a glorious...

What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to...

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G K Chesterton: Youth is the...

G K Chesterton: Youth is the...

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of...

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G K Chesterton: We are justified...

G K Chesterton: We are justified...

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good...

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G K Chesterton: Soldiers have many...

G K Chesterton: Soldiers have many...

Soldiers have many faults, but they have one redeeming merit; they are never worshippers of force. Soldiers more than...

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G K Chesterton: A cosmic philosophy...

G K Chesterton: A cosmic philosophy...

A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no...

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G K Chesterton: Children are innocent...

G K Chesterton: Children are innocent...

Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.

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Mark Twain: When people do...

Mark Twain: When people do...

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects...

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Mark Twain: Work and play...

Mark Twain: Work and play...

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.

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Elias Canetti: The great writers...

Elias Canetti: The great writers...

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

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Aesop: It is not...

Aesop: It is not...

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Source: Fables, 'The Jay and the...

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Margot Asquith: It is easier...

Margot Asquith: It is easier...

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

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Margot Asquith: It is always...

Margot Asquith: It is always...

It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race...

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Margot Asquith: His modesty amounts...

Margot Asquith: His modesty amounts...

His modesty amounts to deformity.

Source: Referring to her husband. As I...

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Margot Asquith: If Kitchener was...

Margot Asquith: If Kitchener was...

If Kitchener was not a great man, he was, at least, a great poster.

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Elizabeth Bowen: Autumn arrives in...

Elizabeth Bowen: Autumn arrives in...

Autumn arrives in the early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.

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Mary Wortley Montagu: Let this great...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Let this great...

Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide --
In part she is to blame that has been tried:
He comes too near that...

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