Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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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...

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...

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...

Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind...

Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind...

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,...

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...

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is...

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is...

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

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....

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.

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...

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

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

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

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...

The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.

The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.

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...

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...