K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
people doe honest
There are many definite methods, honest and dishonest, which make people rich; the only instinct I know of which does it is that instinct which theological Christianity crudely describes as the sin of avarice.
rewards wealth prosperity
If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue.
drinking beer animal
No animal ever invented anything as bad as drunkenness - or so good as drink.
fun vision dull
Is ditchwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.
courage inches get-away
Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.
truth men scandal
There is a case for telling the truth; there is a case for avoiding the scandal; but there is no possible defense for the man who tells the scandal, but does not tell the truth
travel mind
They say travel broadens the mind, but you must have the mind.
thank-you giving kind
The best kind of giving is thanksgiving.
mean office politics
When [a politician] is in opposition, he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it. In short, when he is impotent he proves to us that the thing is easy; and when he is omnipotent he proves that it is impossible.
nature wine men
For us who live in cities Nature is not natural. Nature is supernatural. Just as monks watched and strove to get a glimpse of heaven, so we watch and strive to get a glimpse of earth. It is as if men had cake and wine every day but were sometimes allowed common bread.
leadership firsts authority
If a rhinoceros were to enter this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever.
hope ideas giving
There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
past men knowing
The disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present. History is a hill or high point of vantage, from which alone men see the town in which they live or the age in which they are living.
past history certain
We can be almost certain of being wrong about the future, if we are wrong about the past.