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.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONLaughter 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.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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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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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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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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I don’t deny,” he said, “that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that at certain strange epochs it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called poets, actually to remind men that they are not dead yet.
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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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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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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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