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G K Chesterton
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...
The only words...
The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell,...
Blasphemy itself could...
Blasphemy itself could not survive religion; if anyone doubts that, let him try to blaspheme...
You have weighed...
You have weighed the stars in the balance, and grasped the skies in a span:
Take, if you must have answer, the word...
My country, right...
My country, right or wrong is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like...
A dying monarchy...
A dying monarchy is always one that has too much power, not too little; a dying religion always interferes more than...
The mere brute...
The mere brute pleasure of reading --the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.
Most Americans are...
Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them. They have a sort of permanent...
Every politician is...
Every politician is emphatically a promising politician.
Source: The Secret of...
The one stream...
The one stream of poetry which is continually flowing is slang.
Source: The...
Strong gongs groaning...
Strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far,
Don John of Austria is going to the war.