To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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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 mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in...

The mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in...

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

The simplification of anything is always sensational.

The simplification of anything is always sensational.

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.

'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...

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very...

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very...

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.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

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 way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

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

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

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,...

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

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

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.