The ordinary scientific man is strictly a sentimentalist. He is a sentimentalist in this essential sense, that he is soaked and swept away by mere associations.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.

The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

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

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

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

New roads; new ruts.

New roads; new ruts.

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable...

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

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 fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the...

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the...

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is...

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is...

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...

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...

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may...

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may...