The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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Being contented ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being...

Being contented ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being...

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort...

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of...

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of...

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a...

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a...

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...

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...

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.

The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with...

The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with...

Love is the wild card of existence.

Love is the wild card of existence.

I love her and she loves me, and we hate each other with a wild...

I love her and she loves me, and we hate each other with a wild...

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next.

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next.