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

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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The only defensible war is a war of defense.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

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......

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

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

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that...

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that...

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

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

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that...

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that...

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

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...

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be...

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be...

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the...

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the...

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up....

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up....

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.

'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 vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished...

The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished...

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

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

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.

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...

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply...

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply...