People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that i… — Quoted

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“People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.”

Gilbert K. Chesterton · History

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

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White... is not a mere absence of colour it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black... God paints in many colours but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white.

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.

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