As it has been well expressed in the paradox of Poe, wisdom should reckon on the unforeseen. Author: G.K. Chesterton Copy Quote More from G.K. Chesterton “but this is the real objection to that torrent of modern talk about treating cr…” “Estates are sometimes held by foolish forms, the breaking of a stick or the pay…” “But in order that life should be a story or romance to us, it is necessary that…” “We say that the most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern phil…”