Men always talk about the most important things to total strangers. It is because in the total stranger we perceive man himself; the image of God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of the wisdom of a moustache.


The Club of Queer Trades (1905) Ch. 5 "The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd"

G. K. Chesterton Quotes

Men always talk about the most important things to total strangers. It is because in the total stranger we perceive man himself; the image of God is...

Men always talk about the most important things to total strangers. It is because in the total stranger we perceive man himself; the image of God is...

Men always talk about the most important things to total strangers. It is because in the total stranger we perceive man himself; the image of God is...

Men always talk about the most important things to total strangers. It is because in the total stranger we perceive man himself; the image of God is...