What did Gilbert K. Chesterton mean by: Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it. - Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy
+ All true friendliness begins with fire and food and drink and the recognition of rain or frost. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Fire, Rain, Real Friends, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Philosophy, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ One can sometimes do good by being the right person in the wrong place. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Persons, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Moral, Sanity, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ Always be comic in a tragedy. What the deuce else can you do? Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Comic, Tragedy, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Earth, Heaven, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ …the primary paradox that man is superior to all the things around him and yet is at their mercy. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Mercy, Paradox, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ Sticking to one woman is a small price to pay for so much as having seen one woman. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, One Woman, Pay, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Where judgment has wit to express it, there’s the best orator. - William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England
Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason. Explain - Luc de Clapiers Philosopher · France
I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts. - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
