Maxioms by G. K. Chesterton
I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of
committees.
I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of
committees.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.
Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.
Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597 Those who charged the Christians with burning down Rome with fire brands were read more
Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597 Those who charged the Christians with burning down Rome with fire brands were slanderers -- but they were, at least, far nearer to the nature of Christianity than those among the moderns who tell us that the Christians were a sort of ethical society, being martyred in a languid fashion for telling men they had a duty to their neighbours, and only mildly disliked because they were meek and mild!
'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. read more
'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
