The true object of all human life is play.

Quote by G K Chesterton

Topics: Life Quotes

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...

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every...

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every...

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as...

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as...

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...

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well...

Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well...

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not...

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not...

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.

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.

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.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas...

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas...

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

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

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....

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons...

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons...

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...

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be...

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be...

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...

If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for...

If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for...

If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs.

If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs.

Tough girls come from New York. Sweet girls, they're from Georgia. But us Kentucky girls,...

Tough girls come from New York. Sweet girls, they're from Georgia. But us Kentucky girls,...