A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong that he feels more.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONComradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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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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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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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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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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I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
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A child’s instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child’s hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.
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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
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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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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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