Chesterton
Chesterton on Tradition
Posted March 22nd, 2008 by Guest"Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about."
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Chesterton on Methodical
Posted March 22nd, 2008 by Guest"He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical."
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Chesterton on Uninterested
Posted March 22nd, 2008 by Guest"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."
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Chesterton on Believing
Posted March 22nd, 2008 by Guest"The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums."
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Chesterton on Rich
Posted March 22nd, 2008 by Guest"The rich are the scum of the earth in every country."
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Chesterton on Neighbors
Posted March 22nd, 2008 by Guest"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people."
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Chesterton on People
Posted March 22nd, 2008 by Guest"The people who are the most bigoted are the people who have no convictions at all."
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Chesterton on Truth
Posted March 22nd, 2008 by Guest"You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it."
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Chesterton on Temper
Posted March 22nd, 2008 by Guest"Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper."
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Chesterton on Literature
Posted March 22nd, 2008 by Guest"Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity."
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