We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONPeople generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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The Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle
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There cannot be a nation of millionaires, and there never has been a nation of Utopian comrades; but there have been any number of nations of tolerably contented peasants.
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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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The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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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.
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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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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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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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There is no better test of a man’s ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong… A stiff apology is a second insult.
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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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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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