217 ordspråk av G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton
 Virtue is not the absence of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, like pain or a particular smell. |
| We all feel the riddle of the earth without anyone to point it out. The mystery of life is the plainest part of it. |
| We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty. |
| We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners. |
| What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to read. |
| When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it. |
| When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. |
| When learned men begin to use their reason, then I generally discover that they haven't got any. |
| When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? |
| When you break the big laws, you do not get liberty; you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws. |
| When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it. The two things that nearly all of us have thoroughly and really been through are childhood and youth. |
| Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. |
| White founts falling in the courts of the sun, / And the Soldan of Byzantium is smiling as they run. |
| Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it. |
| With monstrous head and sickening cry / And ears like errant wings, / The devil's walking parody / On all four-footed things. |
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Toplists (6 st)
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