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G K Chesterton: It isn't that...

G K Chesterton: It isn't that...

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.

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G K Chesterton: Cruelty is, perhaps,...

G K Chesterton: Cruelty is, perhaps,...

Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of...

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G K Chesterton: A new philosophy...

G K Chesterton: A new philosophy...

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

Source:...

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G K Chesterton: If the barricades...

G K Chesterton: If the barricades...

If the barricades went up in our streets and the poor became masters, I think the priests would escape, I fear the...

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G K Chesterton: It is as...

G K Chesterton: It is as...

It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.

Source: Generally Speaking, ...

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G K Chesterton: I will not...

G K Chesterton: I will not...

I will not call it my philosophy, for I did not make it. God and humanity made it, and it made...

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G K Chesterton: The men that...

G K Chesterton: The men that...

The men that worked for England
They have their graves at home.


Source: Elegy in...

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Mark Twain: The gentle reader...

Mark Twain: The gentle reader...

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become, until he goes...

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Mark Twain: True irreverence is...

Mark Twain: True irreverence is...

True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god.

Source: Following the...

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G K Chesterton: Gullibility is the...

G K Chesterton: Gullibility is the...

Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he who get the...

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G K Chesterton: There is nothing...

G K Chesterton: There is nothing...

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal...

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G K Chesterton: When we were...

G K Chesterton: When we were...

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to...

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G K Chesterton: The golden age...

G K Chesterton: The golden age...

The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.

Source: In The...

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G K Chesterton: Blasphemy itself could...

G K Chesterton: Blasphemy itself could...

Blasphemy itself could not survive religion; if anyone doubts that, let him try to blaspheme...

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G K Chesterton: He crams with...

G K Chesterton: He crams with...

He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands
Why, he laughs...

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George Eliot: The beginning of...

George Eliot: The beginning of...

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

Source: Felix Holt,...

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George Eliot: Would not love...

George Eliot: Would not love...

Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it?

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George Eliot: Delicious autumn! My...

George Eliot: Delicious autumn! My...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the...

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George Eliot: One soweth and...

George Eliot: One soweth and...

One soweth and another reapeth is a verity that applies to evil as well as good.

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George Eliot: There is no...

George Eliot: There is no...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not...

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