K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
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.
cease happens nowadays people retirement work worst
The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.
heart humility people
We all know that the 'divine glory of the ego' is socially a great nuisance; we all do actually value our friends for modesty, freshness, and simplicity of heart. Whatever may be the reason, we all do warmly respect humility in other people.
real fighting people
I am not fighting a hopeless fight. People who have fought in real fights don't, as a rule.
men people house
The best way that a man could test his readiness to encounter the common variety of mankind would be to climb down a chimney into any house at random, and get on as well as possible with the people inside. And that is essentially what each one of us did on the day that he was born.
people temples theology
The people has no definite disbelief in the temples of theology. The people has a very fiery and practical disbelief in the temples of physical science.
people ordinary knows
We are all ordinary people. And it's the extraordinary people Who know it.
writing editors people
If an editor can only make people angry enough, they will write half his newspaper for him for nothing.
law people community
What is the good of telling a community that it has every liberty except the liberty to make laws? The liberty to make laws is what constitutes a free people.
wall pride people
O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
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.
people impossible socialism
People decided that it was impossible to achieve any of the good of Socialism, but they comforted themselves by achieving all the bad.
food people want
Gluttony is a great fault; but we do not necessarily dislike a glutton. We only dislike the glutton when he becomes a gourmet-that is, we only dislike him when he not only wants the best for himself, but knows what is best for other people.
real people democracy
All real democracy is an attempt like that of a jolly hostess to bring the shy people out.