“ The truth is that there are no things for which men will make such herculean efforts as the things of which they know they are unworthy. ”
G. K. Chesterton, Heretics (1905). copy citation
Author | G. K. Chesterton |
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Source | Heretics |
Topic | truth effort |
Date | 1905 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/470/470-h/470-h.htm |
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“But the truth is that there is no more conscious inconsistency between the humility of a Christian and the rapacity of a Christian than there is between the humility of a lover and the rapacity of a lover. The truth is that there are no things for which men will make such herculean efforts as the things of which they know they are unworthy. There never was a man in love who did not declare that, if he strained every nerve to breaking, he was going to have his desire. And there never was a man in love who did not declare also that he ought not to have it.”
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