G. K. Chesterton

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. read more

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best
advice, and then going away and doing the read more

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best
advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who read more

There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.

Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.

A tragey means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.

A tragey means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.