A yawn is a silent shout.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

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...

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of...

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of...

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

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

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...

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.

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 would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern...

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern...

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

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

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...

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that...

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that...

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that...

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that...

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...

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...

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we...

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we...

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to...

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to...

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

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

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

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.