The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONBut there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes people forget themselves in the presence of something greater than themselves.
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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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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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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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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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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.
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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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I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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