I felt despair. Though it seems to me now there's two kinds of it: the sort that causes a person to surrender and then the sort I had which made me take risks and make plans.

About G. K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English Christian apologist writer. Chesterton's wit, paradoxical style, and defence of tradition made him a dominant figure in early 20th-century literature.

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All slang is a metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

—G. K. Chesterton

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The contest, for ages, has been to rescue Liberty from the grasp of executive power.

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I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.

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The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

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Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.

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Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.

—Edgar Allan Poe

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But penance need not be paid in suffering… It can be paid in forward motion. Correcting the mistake is a positive move, a nurturing move.

—Barbara Hall

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To perceive is to suffer.

—Aristotle

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Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

—Albert Schweitzer

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Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.

—Dodie Smith

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