I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe poetry of art is in beholding the single tower; the poetry of nature in seeing the single tree; the poetry of love in following the single woman; the poetry of religion in worshipping the single star.
Gilbert K. ChestertonWe canโt turn life into a pleasure. But we can choose such pleasures as are worthy of us and our immortal souls.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe wisest thing in the world is to cry out before you are hurt. It is no good to cry out after you are hurt; especially after you are mortally hurt. People talk about the impatience of the populace; but sound historians know that most tyrannies have been possible because men moved too late. it is often essential to resist a tyranny before it exists.
Gilbert K. Chesterton