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Said Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black... God paints…
- I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
- The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly, like a trumpet. But the…
- There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it…
- I never said a word against eminent men of science. What I complain of is a vague popular philosophy which supposes itself to be scientific…
- He said he didn't very well understand how George was going to sleep any more than he did now, seeing that there were only twenty-four…
- The modern mind will accept nothing on authority, but will accept anything on no authority. Say that the Bible or the Pope says so and…
- Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being.
- It has been often said, very truly, that religion is the thing that makes the ordinary man feel extraordinary; it is an equally important truth…
- They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals…
- It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.' By George!' said Syme facing round and…
- Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay for sunsets. But Oscar Wilde was wrong; we can pay for sunsets.…
- Your offer," he said, "is far too idiotic to be declined.
- I don't deny," he said, "that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that at certain…
- The good Bishop of Assisi expressed a sort of horror at the hard life which the Little Brothers lived at the Portiuncula, without comforts, without…
- Oh, most unhappy man,' he cried, 'try to be happy! You have red hair like your sister.' My red hair, like red flames, shall burn…
- Who would condescend to strike down the mere things that he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common…
- What are we going to do?" asked the Professor. "At this moment," said Syme, with a scientific detachment, "I think we are going to smash…
- There again," said Syme irritably, "what is there poetical about being in revolt? You might as well say that it is poetical to be sea-sick.…
- Morality did not begin by one man saying to another, "I will not hit you if you do not hit me"; there is no trace…
- I will go forth as a real outlaw," he said, "and as men do robbery on the highway I will do right on the highway;…
- I said to him, "Shall I tell you where the men are who believe most in themselves? For I can tell you. I know of…
- She had never really listened to anyone in her life; which, some said, was why she had survived.
- The wise old fairy tales never were so silly as to say that the prince and the princess lived peacefully ever afterwards. The fairy tales…
- And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine, "I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get…
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