More from Gilbert Keith Chesterton

  1. To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
  2. 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 i…
  3. The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.
  4. It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
  5. The academic mind reflects infinity, and is full of light by the simple process of being shallow and standing still.
  6. There are two ways of dealing with nonsense in this world. One way is to put nonsense in the right place; as when people put nonsense into …
  7. As for science and religion, the known and admitted facts are few and plain enough. All that the parsons say is unproved. All that the doct…
  8. I believe what really happens in history is this: the old man is always wrong; and the young people are always wrong about what is wrong wi…

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