Maxioms by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would
think of saying except in a desperate read more
"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would
think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying,
"My mother, drunk or sober."
Very few people in the world would care to listen to the real defense of their own characters. The real read more
Very few people in the world would care to listen to the real defense of their own characters. The real defense, the defense which belongs to the Day of Judgment, would make such damaging admissions, would clear away so many artificial virtues, would tell such tragedies of weakness and failure, that a man would sooner be misunderstood and censured by the world than exposed to that awful and merciless eulogy.
Journalism consists largely in saying 'Lord Jones died' to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.
Journalism consists largely in saying 'Lord Jones died' to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.
To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.
To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.
I realized that ritual will always mean throwing away something;
Destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of read more
I realized that ritual will always mean throwing away something;
Destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.
