K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton
plato greek bernard-shaw
Plato was only a Bernard Shaw who unfortunately made his jokes in Greek.
writing long waiting
What the world wants, what the world is waiting for, is not Modern Poetry or Classical Poetry or Neo-Classical Poetry - but Good Poetry. And the dreadful disreputable doubt, which stirs in my own skeptical mind, is doubt about whether it would really matter much what style a poet chose to write in, in any period, as long as he wrote Good poetry.
voice christ weak
Altruists, with thin, weak voices, denounce Christ as an egoist. Egoists (with even thinner and weaker voices) denounce Him as an altruist.
citizens institutions horrible
An almost unnatural vigilance is really required of the citizen because of the horrible rapidity with which human institutions grow old.
hate philosophy real
Any man who preaches real love is bound to beget hate. It is as true of democratic fraternity as a divine love; sham love ends in compromise and common philosophy; but real love has always ended in bloodshed.
certain uncertainty
Nothing is certain by uncertainty.
mistake men inferiority
A man looking at a hippopotamus may sometimes be tempted to regard a hippopotamus as an enormous mistake; but he is also bound to confess that a fortunate inferiority prevents him personally from making such mistakes.
mean doe orthodox
Not only does "orthodox" no longer mean being right, it practically means being wrong.
war differences would-be
That all war is physically frightful is obvious; but if that were a moral verdict, there would be no difference between a torturer and a surgeon. There are certain intellectuals who are too bright to be content with merely praising peace but who are infuriated by anybody praising war. If no war is possible, all criminality has its chance
humble men proud
And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely.
politician
Every politician is emphatically a promising politician.
hands fire people
It was the people who did not care who filled the world with fire and oppression. It was the hands of the indifferent that lit the faggots; it was the hands of the indifferent that turned the rack.
invisible intoxication champagne
Most Americans ... have a sort of permanent intoxication from within, a sort of invisible champagne.
children attitude people
The truth is that it is our attitude towards children that is right, and our attitude towards grown-up people that is wrong. Our attitude towards our equals in age consists in a servile solemnity, overlying a considerable degree of indifference or disdain. Our attitude towards children consists in a condescending indulgence, overlying an unfathomable respect.