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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...

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...

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern...

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern...

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it...

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it...

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of...

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of...

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...

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.

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

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

The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars...

The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars...

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...

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

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 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...

And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they...

And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they...

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.

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide...

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide...

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...

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 aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and...

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and...

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not...

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not...