If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for his kind attentions, Go and pour them down the sink.

Quote by G K Chesterton

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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...

The true object of all human life is play.

The true object of all human life is play.

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

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

The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head...

The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head...

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave...

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave...

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells...

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells...

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking...

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking...

'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...

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

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

No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle...

No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle...

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every...

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every...

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have...

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have...

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted...

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted...

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly; devils fall because of their gravity.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly; devils fall because of their gravity.

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not...

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not...

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

I am bourgeois to the core and parochial beyond belief, and yet I am drawn...

I am bourgeois to the core and parochial beyond belief, and yet I am drawn...

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.