Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

Quote by G K Chesterton

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The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult...

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult...

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not...

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not...

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly; devils fall because of their gravity.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly; devils fall because of their gravity.

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells...

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells...

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to...

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to...

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it...

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it...

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for...

If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for...

Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.

Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.

Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good...

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good...

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as...

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as...

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons...

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons...

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with...

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with...

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the...

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the...