'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

Quote by G K Chesterton

Topics: Eyes Quotes, Heart Quotes

Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

The wine they drink in Paradise They make in Haute Lorraine.

The wine they drink in Paradise They make in Haute Lorraine.

Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.

Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

All government is an ugly necessity.

All government is an ugly necessity.

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

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

If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for...

If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

Half a truth is better than no politics.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

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....

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his...

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his...

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it...

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it...

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...

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most...

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most...

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.