All government is an ugly necessity.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONDipsomaniac 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.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Christianity met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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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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The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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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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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited, but was defined before it existed.
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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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There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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