All slang is a metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

G.K. Chesterton in The Defendant (1901)
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The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

G.K. Chesterton in Flying Inn (1914)
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Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

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The classes that wash most are those that work least.

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I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.

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Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.

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The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

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It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

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