Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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

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

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.

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...

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...

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

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.

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

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

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 traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

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...

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...

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

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...

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

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

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.

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over......

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over......

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...

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...

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very...

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very...