We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars...

The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars...

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

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

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

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.

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for...

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for...

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.

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing...

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing...

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...

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...

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

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,...

New roads; new ruts.

New roads; new ruts.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

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,...

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

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

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us...

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us...

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most...

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most...

It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should...

It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should...

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man...

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man...