More from Gilbert Keith Chesterton

  1. 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…
  2. The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. Th…
  3. 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 …
  4. These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
  5. It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
  6. Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.
  7. 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…
  8. There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is…

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