A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my...

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my...

The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his...

The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his...

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...

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to...

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to...

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root...

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root...

The simplification of anything is always sensational.

The simplification of anything is always sensational.

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may...

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may...

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not...

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not...

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is...

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is...

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...

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a...

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a...

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...

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

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

It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should...

It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should...

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine...

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine...

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill...

Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill...

Golf always makes me so damned angry

Golf always makes me so damned angry