Maxioms by Gilbert K. Chesterton
The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.
The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.
The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.
The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.
"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except a desperate case. It read more
"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober.".
Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to read more
Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.
Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, but that the dead are living.
Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, but that the dead are living.
