The simplification of anything is always sensational.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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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....

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...

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...

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably...

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably...

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

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...

A yawn is a silent shout.

A yawn is a silent shout.

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...

Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing...

Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing...

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...

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain,...

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain,...

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my...

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my...

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

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

A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.

A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.

White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing,...

White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing,...

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

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

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

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...