The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONI agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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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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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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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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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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All government is an ugly necessity.
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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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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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