G. K. Chesterton Quote

Man is always something worse or something better than an animal; and a mere argument from animal perfection never touches him at all. Thus, in sex no animal is either chivalrous or obscene. And thus no animal invented anything so bad as drunkenness — or so good as drink.


All Things Considered (1908)


Man is always something worse or something better than an animal; and a mere argument from animal perfection never touches him at all. Thus, in sex...

Man is always something worse or something better than an animal; and a mere argument from animal perfection never touches him at all. Thus, in sex...

Man is always something worse or something better than an animal; and a mere argument from animal perfection never touches him at all. Thus, in sex...

Man is always something worse or something better than an animal; and a mere argument from animal perfection never touches him at all. Thus, in sex...