“Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I owe my success to having listened
“I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Category: success
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Thieves respect property. They merely wish the
“Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Lying in bed would be an altogether
“Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The traveler sees what he sees, the
“The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Love means to love that which is
“Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The way to love anything is to
“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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It is not funny that anything else
“It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Women prefer to talk in twos, while
“Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The only defensible war is a war
“The only defensible war is a war of defense.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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A teacher who is not dogmatic is
“A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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