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

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

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that...

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that...

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...

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may...

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may...

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the...

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the...

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort...

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort...

The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his...

The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his...

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness...

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness...

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is...

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is...

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 man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over......

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over......

The ordinary scientific man is strictly a sentimentalist. He is a sentimentalist in this essential...

The ordinary scientific man is strictly a sentimentalist. He is a sentimentalist in this essential...

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment...

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment...

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...

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

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...

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...

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of...

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of...

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.

'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...