There are some desires that are not desirable.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONOne elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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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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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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There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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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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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.
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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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The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes people forget themselves in the presence of something greater than themselves.
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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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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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