I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONWe’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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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 chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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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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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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The scientific facts, which were supposed to contradict the faith in the nineteenth century, are nearly all of them regarded as unscientific fictions in the twentieth century.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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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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Eugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs; and also so clever that they can manage each other’s.
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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 present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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