Maxioms by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take read more
Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take a healthy view of it -- or, better still, feel a healthy indifference to it.
O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry; Our earthly rulers falter, Our people read more
O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry; Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide; Take not Thy thunder from us, But take away our pride. From all that terror teaches, From lies of tongue and pen; From all the easy speeches That comfort cruel men; From sale and profanation Of honor and the sword; From sleep and from damnation, Deliver us, good Lord! Tie in a living tether The prince and priest and thrall; Bind all our lives together, Smite us and save us all; In ire and exultation Aflame with faith, and free, Lift up a living nation, A single sword to Thee.
A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been a boy.
A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been a boy.
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.
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
