The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

Quote by G K Chesterton

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Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

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.

The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head...

The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head...

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.

All government is an ugly necessity.

All government is an ugly necessity.

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying...

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying...

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the...

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the...

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...

The true object of all human life is play.

The true object of all human life is play.

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good...

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good...

Some husbands are living proof that a woman can take a joke

Some husbands are living proof that a woman can take a joke

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

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

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...

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave...

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave...

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in...

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in...

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

Love me and the world is mine

Love me and the world is mine

Love is more afraid of change than destruction

Love is more afraid of change than destruction

The Absolute Truth of Knowledge is precisely non-Knowledge. If this Mirror called Knowledge remains in...

The Absolute Truth of Knowledge is precisely non-Knowledge. If this Mirror called Knowledge remains in...