Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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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.

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...

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.

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

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

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for...

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for...

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

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

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...

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing...

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing...

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

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

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...

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us...

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us...

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

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

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide...

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide...

New roads; new ruts.

New roads; new ruts.

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...

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like...

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like...

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying...

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying...

The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the...

The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the...

The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to...

The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to...