Gilbert K. Chesterton

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen. ”

The present condition of fame is merely fashion. ”

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride. ”

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it. ”

Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position. ”

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. ”

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. ”

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.' ”

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable. ”

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