Maxioms by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment. read more
The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment. They express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.
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.
Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
You can never have a revolution in order to establish a
democracy. You must have a democracy in order read more
You can never have a revolution in order to establish a
democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a
revolution.
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
