I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONAll government is an ugly necessity.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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The scientific facts, which were supposed to contradict the faith in the nineteenth century, are nearly all of them regarded as unscientific fictions in the twentieth century.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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But there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited, but was defined before it existed.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
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