We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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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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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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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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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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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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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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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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There cannot be a nation of millionaires, and there never has been a nation of Utopian comrades; but there have been any number of nations of tolerably contented peasants.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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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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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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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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