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

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.

Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.

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...

A yawn is a silent shout.

A yawn is a silent shout.

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...

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it...

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it...

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that...

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that...

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity...

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity...

The simplification of anything is always sensational.

The simplification of anything is always sensational.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of...

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of...

It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.

It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

Being contented ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being...

Being contented ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being...