She(Joan of Arc) put her dreams and her sentiment into her aims, where they ought to be; she put her practicality into her practice. Ine modern Imperial wars, the case is reversed. Our dreams, our aims are always, we insist, quite practical. It is our practice that is dreamy.

G.K. Chesterton

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She(Joan of Arc) put her dreams and her sentiment into her aims, where they ought to be; she put her practicality into her practice. In modern Imperial wars, the case is reversed. Our dreams, our aims are always, we insist, quite practical. It is our practice that is dreamy.

— G.K. Chesterton

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White founts falling in the courts of the sun, / And the Soldan of Byzantium is smiling as they run.

— G. K. Chesterton

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There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book, and a tired man who wants a book to read.

— G.K. Chesterton

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The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion.

— G.K. Chesterton

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I am going to hold a pistol to the head of the Modern Man. But I shall not use it to kill himâ€“only to bring him to life.

— G.K. Chesterton

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