What did Gilbert K. Chesterton mean by: Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being. - Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy
+ Powerful men who have powerful passions use much of their strength in forging chains for themselves. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Passion, Powerful, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing badly. (on not perfectionism to put things off) . Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Not Perfect, Perfectionism, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ All real democracy is an attempt like that of a jolly hostess to bring the shy people out. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Democracy, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Education, Justice, Learn, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ The highest and noblest thing that history can be is a good story. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Good Story, Stories, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ [A pacifist is] the last and least excusable on the list of the enemies of society. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Enemy, Lists, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ A man running after a hat is not half so ridiculous as a man running after a woman. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Running, Women, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ By experts in poverty I do not mean sociologists, but poor men. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Poverty, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
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