Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONWhen giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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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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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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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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One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.
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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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The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.
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The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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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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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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