It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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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.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

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...

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

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...

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the...

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the...

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

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

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

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...

White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing,...

White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing,...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read...

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read...

The ordinary scientific man is strictly a sentimentalist. He is a sentimentalist in this essential...

The ordinary scientific man is strictly a sentimentalist. He is a sentimentalist in this essential...

What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not...

What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not...