If you happen to read fairy tales, you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the other--the idea that peace and happiness can only exist on some condition. This idea, which is the core of ethics, is the core of the nursery-tales.
G.K. ChestertonTags: fairy-tales
Customs are generally unselfish.
Habits are nearly always selfish.
There nearly always is a method in madness.
G.K. ChestertonTags: madness
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.
G.K. ChestertonTags: patriotism wit
The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up. And one of the games to which it is most attached is called "Keep to-morrow dark," and which is also named (by the rustics in Shropshire, I have no doubt) "Cheat the Prophet." The players listen very carefully and respectfully to all that the clever men have to say about what is to happen in the next generation. The players then wait until all the clever men are dead, and bury them nicely. They then go and do something else. That is all. For a race of simple tastes, however, it is great fun.
G.K. ChestertonHumility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
G.K. ChestertonIt seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.'
By George!' said Syme facing round and looking at him, 'What a clever chap you are!
Love is not blind; that is the last thing that it is. Love is bound; and the more it is bound the less it is blind.
G.K. ChestertonTags: love
I am not good at deception,' said Tuesday gloomily, flushing.
Right, my boy, right,' said the President with a ponderous heartiness, 'You aren't good at anything.
Tags: deception
I believe your own accent is inimitable, though I shall practice it in my bath.
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