Postmilstill

A community archive of sourced quotes

Welcome

Thanks for checking out the site! Feel free to poke around and don't worry if you break things, (we're in early development).

Archive
Needs sources

Community submission by G.K. Chesterton

Added by Nick Brown · Recent · Quote published

Life is indeed terribly complicated—to a man who has lost his principles.

Source Evidence

Community submission

Edit history

Editorial notes about changes to this quote's text or presentation.

  1. Found on Goodreads, needs citation.

Community verification

Help verify accuracy, sources, and attribution. Pick one action below — you don't need to fill out everything.

Needs sources

0 ratings

Rate this quote (sign in required)

Sign in to rate this quote and affect community trust scores.

Contribute

Choose what you want to add. Each option opens its own short form.

Discussion

Share context, ask questions, or discuss this quote. Comments are separate from source proposals and verification ratings.

All discussions →

    No comments yet.

Related Quotes

Related by source, book, author, or topic.

Needs sources
Be the first to verify →
Added by Postmilstill archive ·

Suppose, my dear Chadd, suppose it is we who are the idiots because we are not afraid of devils in the dark?

Needs sources
Be the first to verify →
Added by Postmilstill archive ·

Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste.

Needs sources
Be the first to verify →
Added by Postmilstill archive ·

The modern materialists are not permitted to doubt; they are forbidden to believe.

G.K. Chesterton · Eugenics and Other Evils : An Argument Against the Scientifically Organized State
Open quote →
Needs sources
Be the first to verify →
Added by Postmilstill archive ·

There is a thought that stops thought. That is the only thought that ought to be stopped.