English - Writer | May 29, 1874 - June 14, 1936
Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.
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When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.
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Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
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There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.
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Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.
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We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners.
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Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.
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The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.
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Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.
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If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.
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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
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