I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONWhen it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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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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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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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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There is no better test of a man’s ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong… A stiff apology is a second insult.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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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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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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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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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
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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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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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