Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine...

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine...

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......

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

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

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

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

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...

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for...

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for...

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger...

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger...

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment...

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment...

The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one...

The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one...

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to...

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to...

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do...

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of...

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of...

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than...

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than...