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.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe 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.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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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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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 scientific facts, which were supposed to contradict the faith in the nineteenth century, are nearly all of them regarded as unscientific fictions in the twentieth century.
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I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.
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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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A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong that he feels more.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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