A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONScience must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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All government is an ugly necessity.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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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.
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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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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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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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Christianity met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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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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People talk of the pathos and failure of plain women; but it is a more terrible thing that a beautiful woman may succeed in everything but womanhood.
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Dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.
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