Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONEducation is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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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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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.
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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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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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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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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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The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school.
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When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
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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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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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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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