Maxioms by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's read more
No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.
The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, read more
The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up. And one of the games to which it is most attached is called, ''Keep tomorrow dark,'' and which is also named (by the rustics in Shropshire, I have no doubt) ''Cheat the Prophet.'' The players listen very carefully and respectfully to all that the clever men have to say about what is to happen in the next generation. The players then wait until all the clever men are dead, and bury them nicely. Then they go and do something else. That is all. For a race of simple tastes, however, it is great fun.
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.
The object of opening the mind as of opening the mouth is to close it again on something solid.
The object of opening the mind as of opening the mouth is to close it again on something solid.
Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
