All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is dead; but the darker secret of why he is alive.
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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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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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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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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But there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.
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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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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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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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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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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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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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