An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.

Quote by G K Chesterton

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Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not...

Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not...

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the...

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

Some husbands are living proof that a woman can take a joke

Some husbands are living proof that a woman can take a joke

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as...

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as...

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas...

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas...

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head...

The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head...

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons...

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons...

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

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...

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

All government is an ugly necessity.

All government is an ugly necessity.

If [newsmen] violate their promises of confidentiality, they may never again be able to operate...

If [newsmen] violate their promises of confidentiality, they may never again be able to operate...

The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our...

The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our...

There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the...

There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the...