"Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper."
― Gilbert K. Chesterton
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― Gilbert K. Chesterton
More From Gilbert K. Chesterton
- "Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and the age of the great epics is past."
- "The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything."
- "There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds."
More In Great
- "Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions."― Samuel Johnson
- "It seems to me there is a change in what audiences want to see. I can only hope that’s correct, because there’s an awful lot of people of my age around now and we outnumber the others."― Maggie Smith
- "There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things."― Dwight L. Moody