Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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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...

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to...

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to...

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

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

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness...

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness...

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that...

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that...

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly...

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly...

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......

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity...

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity...

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...

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.

Journalism largely consists of saying Lord Jones is Dead to people who never knew that...

Journalism largely consists of saying Lord Jones is Dead to people who never knew that...

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...

It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.

It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting...

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting...

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

New roads; new ruts.

New roads; new ruts.