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Splendid Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- "The Universe repeats itself, with the possible exception of history." Of all earthly studies history is the only one that does not repeat itself. ...…
- The supreme adventure is being born. There we do walk suddenly into a splendid and startling trap... When we step into the family, by the…
- Evil always wins through the strength of its splendid dupes; and there has in all ages been a disastrous alliance between abnormal innocence and abnormal…
- But whenever one meets modern thinkers (as one often does) progressing towards a madhouse, one always finds, on inquiry, that they have just had a…
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- These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity,… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca
- In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid system that makes them so. — Theodor Adorno
- Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. — Thomas Browne
- The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation. — James Buchan
- The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? — Pablo Casals
- It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong. — John Cheever
- 'No comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again. — Winston Churchill
- Man is not the most majestic of the creatures; long before the mammals even, the dinosaurs were far more splendid. But he… — Jacob Bronowski
- Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as a splendid… — Annie Besant
- If you want that splendid power in prayer, you must remain in loving, living, lasting, conscious, practical, abiding union with the Lord… — Charles Spurgeon
- Nothing can be more airy and beautiful than the transparent seed-globe-a fairy dome of splendid architecture. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to… — Thomas de Quincey