When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONIt is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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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 Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.
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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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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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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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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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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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A madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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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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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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