Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONVery few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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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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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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All government is an ugly necessity.
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Eugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs; and also so clever that they can manage each other’s.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
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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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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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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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