A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain,...

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain,...

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the...

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the...

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be...

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be...

And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they...

And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they...

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort...

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort...

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is...

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is...

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for...

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for...

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the...

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the...

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar...

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar...

Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and...

Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and...

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting...

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting...

The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one...

The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one...

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us...

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us...

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing...

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing...

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man...

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man...

Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much...

Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much...

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than...

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than...

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We...

When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We...