All government is an ugly necessity.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONI don’t deny,” he said, “that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that at certain strange epochs it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called poets, actually to remind men that they are not dead yet.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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The 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.
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.
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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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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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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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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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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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