G. K. Chesterton

Posted in Miscellaneous, Quotes by 10k films on November 23rd, 2009

When The Times invited several eminent authors to write essays on the theme “What’s Wrong with the World?” Chesterton’s contribution took the form of a letter:

Dear Sirs,
I am.
Sincerely yours,
G. K. Chesterton

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“It was not Napoleon
Who founded the Ashmolean
He hardly had a chance
living mostly in France”

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“The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected.”

“Great joy does not gather the rosebuds while it may; its eyes are fixed on the immortal rose which Dante saw.”
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