Gilbert K. Chesterton said this quote

“ 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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Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton