There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONComradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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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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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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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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Original sin is the only doctrine that’s been empirically validated by 2,000 years of human history.
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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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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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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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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 present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers.
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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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One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.
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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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