The long words are not the hard words, it is the short words that are hard. There is much more metaphysical subtlety in the word "damn" than in the word "degeneration."


A G.K. Chesterton anthology (ed. Ignatius Pr, 1985)

G. K. Chesterton Quotes

The long words are not the hard words, it is the short words that are hard. There is much more metaphysical subtlety in the word damn than in the...

The long words are not the hard words, it is the short words that are hard. There is much more metaphysical subtlety in the word damn than in the...

The long words are not the hard words, it is the short words that are hard. There is much more metaphysical subtlety in the word damn than in the...

The long words are not the hard words, it is the short words that are hard. There is much more metaphysical subtlety in the word damn than in the...