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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...
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...
A building is...
A building is akin to dogma; it is insolent, like dogma. Whether or no it is permanent, it claims permanence, like a...
All architecture is...
All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of...
The rich are...
The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.
Source: The Flying Inn.
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Your next-door neighbour....
Your next-door neighbour. . . is not a man; he is an environment. He is the barking of a dog; he is the noise of a...
To be clever...
To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.
You can never...
You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a...
The only way...
The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before.
Where does a...
Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the...
People accuse journalism...
People accuse journalism of being too personal; but to me it has always seemed far too impersonal. It is charged with...
And goodness only...
And goodness only knowses
The Noselessness of Man.
Source: The Song of...
`The Christian ideal,'...
`The Christian ideal,' it is said, `has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left...
Ritual will always...
Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our...
But we are...
But we are the people of England; and we have not spoken yet.
Smile at us, pay us, pass us. But do not quite...
The timidity of...
The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is...
If an angel...
If an angel out of heaven
Brings you other things to drink,
Thank him for his kind attentions,
Go and pour...
If a thing...
If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.
Source: What's Wrong with the...
Art consists of...
Art consists of limitation. . . . The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
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...