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

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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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...

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.

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 poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably...

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably...

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

Being contented ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being...

Being contented ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being...

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.

Journalism largely consists of saying Lord Jones is Dead to people who never knew that...

Journalism largely consists of saying Lord Jones is Dead to people who never knew that...

Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and...

Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and...

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven...

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven...

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...

'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...

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read...

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read...

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of...

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of...

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...

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that...

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that...

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...

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...

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...