One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONDaybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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I don’t deny,” he said, “that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that at certain strange epochs it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called poets, actually to remind men that they are not dead yet.
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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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All government is an ugly necessity.
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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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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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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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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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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is dead; but the darker secret of why he is alive.
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Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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