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G K Chesterton
I've searched all...
I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.
Artistic temperament is...
Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.
Source: In
The whole difference...
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved...
All conservatism is...
All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If...
People in high...
People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily...
No man knows...
No man knows he is young while he is young.
Source: In
Love means to...
Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.
Source: In...
Buddhism is not...
Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.
Source: Professor de Worms, in The Man Who...
Courage is almost...
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to...
The golden age...
The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
Source: In
White founts falling...
White founts falling in the courts of the sun,
And the Soldan of Byzantium is smiling as they...
Some men never...
Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.
Source: In
All slang is...
All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
Source: The Defendant.
-- G K...
The poor have...
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at...
There is a...
There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel...
Democracy means government...
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly...
Their is a...
Their is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.
Evil comes at...
Evil comes at leisure like the disease; good comes in a hurry like the doctor.
Am in Birmingham....
Am in Birmingham. Where ought I to be?
Source: Telegram to his wife during a...
When it comes...
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with...