K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
cute-love loved man short sweet-love
Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.
anyone blasphemy doubts itself religion survive
Blasphemy itself could not survive religion; if anyone doubts that, let him try to blaspheme Odin.
anyone earth life mystery point riddle
We all feel the riddle of the earth without anyone to point it out. The mystery of life is the plainest part of it.
discovered exuberant nonsense round
Nonsense is a kind of exuberant capering round a discovered truth.
country desperate drunk except patriot saying
My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.
angel brings heaven pour thank
If an angel out of heaven / Brings you other things to drink, / Thank him for his kind attentions, / Go and pour them down the sink.
height style
He could not think up to the height of his own towering style.
boat owe stormy terrible
We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
asks desires head heavens logician poet seeks
The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head -- and it is his head that splits.
england pass pay people quite smile spoken
Smile at us, pay us, pass us; but do not quite forget. / For we are the people of England, that never have spoken yet.
bottle crack fish hath man sauce seen stand tea treat
But who hath seen the Grocer Treat housemaids to his tea Or crack a bottle of fish sauce Or stand a man to cheese? Gilbert K
although gentleman vulgar
Tea, although an Oriental, / Is a gentleman at least; / Cocoa is a cad and coward, / Cocoa is a vulgar beast.
progress settled simply
As enunciated today, 'progress' is simply a comparative of which we have not settled the superlative.
alas england graves rule
And they that rule in England, / In stately conclave met, / Alas, alas for England / They have no graves as yet.