#th

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#daylight #does #man #monster #normal

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#history #know #make #nothing #people

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#always #away #corn #destroying #gods

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#few #few men #men #never #small

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#because #bomb #everything #great #great moment

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#mind #mouth #object #opening #shut

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#common people #commonsense #compulsory #deprive #education

What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is rather not finding them in the familiar place. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#affects #familiar #familiar things #finding #foreign

Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#prefer #talk #threes #while #women

I hate being cold and I hate being wet and around 80% percent of this film I was cold and another 60% I was cold and wet, so it wasn't the best shoot for me. ↗

— Morris Chestnut

#around #being #best #cold #film