I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONA crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
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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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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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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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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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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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It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.
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There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.
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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.
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