What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is rather not finding them in the familiar place.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we...

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we...

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

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 as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.

It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.

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,...

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the...

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the...

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to...

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to...

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a...

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a...

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had...

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had...

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...

When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We...

When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We...

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...

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.

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...

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

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

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

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.

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.

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....

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not...

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not...