“ The aristocrat is not merely to be taller than mortal men and stronger and handsomer, he is also to be more witty. ”
G. K. Chesterton, Heretics (1905). copy citation
| Author | G. K. Chesterton |
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| Source | Heretics |
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| Date | 1905 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/470/470-h/470-h.htm |
Context
“To the bad baronet, to the good baronet, to the romantic and misunderstood baronet who is supposed to be a bad baronet, but is a good baronet, this school has added a conception undreamed of in the former years—the conception of an amusing baronet. The aristocrat is not merely to be taller than mortal men and stronger and handsomer, he is also to be more witty. He is the long man with the short epigram. Many eminent, and deservedly eminent, modern novelists must accept some responsibility for having supported this worst form of snobbishness—an intellectual snobbishness.”
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