I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThere are some desires that are not desirable.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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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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The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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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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There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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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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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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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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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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