When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONChristianity met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.
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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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I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right
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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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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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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.
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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
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I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
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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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