Глава 23
Victory over barbarians. Employment of barbarians. Alliance with barbarians. Conquest by barbarians. That is the great destiny of Empire.
Перелётный кабак (1914)
Гилберт Честертон: Актуальные цитаты (страница 2)
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Madmen are always serious; they go mad from lack of humour.
Наполеон Ноттингхилльский (1904)
Упорствующий в правоверии
For anybody impelled by reason and not by running with a crowd will, for instance, perceive that there are always the same arguments for a Purpose and therefore a Personality in things, if he is a thinking person. Only it is now made easy for him to admit vaguely that there may be a Purpose, while denying that there is a Personality, so long as he happens to be a very unthinking person. It is quite as certain as it ever was that life is a gift of God immensely valuable and immensely valued, and anybody can prove it by putting a pistol to the head of a pessimist.
Вариант: Цитата = Всякий, кто слушается разума, а не толпы, может догадаться, что жизнь и теперь, как и во все времена, — бесценный дар Божий; доказать это можно, приставив револьвер к голове пессимиста.
„Спешка плоха уже тем, что отнимает очень много времени.“
One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.
При всём при том (1908)
зверинец, звери
Источник: Романы. Рассказы
Глава 8
Christianity is always out of fashion because it is always sane; and all fashions are mild insanities.
Шар и крест (1909)
Они и тут ошибаются. Истина — иная. Видит Бог, я не считаю себя хорошим, но даже мерзавец иногда встает против мира, как святой.
Глава 6
I don’t know whether God means a man to have happiness in that All in All and Utterly Utter sense of happiness. But God does mean a man to have a little Fun; and I mean to go on having it. If I mustn’t satisfy my heart, I can gratify my humour. The cynical fellows who think themselves so damned clever have a sort of saying, ‘Be good and you will be happy; but you will not have a jolly time.’ The cynical fellows are quite wrong, as they generally are. They have got hold of the exact opposite of the truth. God knows I don’t set up to be good; but even a rascal sometimes has to fight the world in the same way as a saint.
Перелётный кабак (1914)