Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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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...

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar...

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar...

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.

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is...

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is...

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.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

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...

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the...

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the...

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...

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all...

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all...

Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much...

Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much...

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then...

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then...

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain,...

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain,...

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

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

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had...

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had...

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

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

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

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.

Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.

Nobody buy you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your...

Nobody buy you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your...