Quotes by G.K. Chesterton
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I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
Pride juggles with her toppling towers,
They strike the sun and cease,
But the firm feet of humility
They grip the ground like trees.
They strike the sun and cease,
But the firm feet of humility
They grip the ground like trees.
It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.