K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
believe crowds lost
I do not believe that any human being is fundamentally happier for being finally lost in a crowd, even if it is called a crowd of comrades.
defeat defeated crosses
The cross cannot be defeated for it is defeat.
baby children boys
Boys like romantic tales; but babies like realistic tales-because they find them romantic.
color grey colour
Grey is a colour that always seems on the eve of changing to some other colour.
next essentials cleanliness
Cleanliness is not next to godliness nowadays, for cleanliness is made an essential and godliness is regarded as an offence.
mean men classic
A great classic means a man whom one can praise without having read.
way firsts facts
The first fact about the celebration of a birthday is that it is a way of affirming defiantly, and even flamboyantly, that it is a good thing to be alive.
art simple may
Every work of art has one indispensable mark ... the center of it is simple, however much the fulfillment may be complicated.
art architecture difficult
Architecture approaches nearer than any other art to being irrevocable because it is so difficult to get rid of.
world ridiculous mask
In a world where everything is ridiculous, nothing can be ridiculed. You cannot unmask a mask.
people england pay
But we are the people of England; and we have not spoken yet. Smile at us, pay us, pass us. But do not quite forget.
dog wall party
Your next-door neighbor is not a man; he is an environment. He is the barking of a dog; he is the noise of a piano; he is a dispute about a party wall; he is drains that are worse than yours, or roses that are better than yours.
differences phrases conservative
Sometimes he even embarrassed the company by phrases suggesting that there was some difference between a Liberal and a Conservative.
La mejor prueba de la cultura y la liberalidad de un hombre es su actitud ante las cosas que nunca sucedieron.