K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
believe conflict hot keeps
I believe in getting into hot water. I think it keeps you clean.
believe helps hot philosophy water
I believe in getting into hot water - it helps keep you clean.
although gentleman vulgar
Tea, although an Oriental, / Is a gentleman at least; / Cocoa is a cad and coward, / Cocoa is a vulgar beast.
england pass pay people quite smile spoken
Smile at us, pay us, pass us; but do not quite forget. / For we are the people of England, that never have spoken yet.
consistency man sees
The man who sees consistency in things is a wit; the man who sees the inconsistency in things is a humorist.
body destroying difficult health preserve trouble trying
The trouble about always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.
england graves men worked
The men that worked for England / They have their graves at home.
country desperate drunk except patriot saying
My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.
angel brings heaven pour thank
If an angel out of heaven / Brings you other things to drink, / Thank him for his kind attentions, / Go and pour them down the sink.
catching discovered miss train
The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before.
christian difficult found ideal left tried
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.
brute mere sort
The mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.
man
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
action believe falls however men unless
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.