An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.

G.K. Chesterton

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Topic

Adventure Different perspectives

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

On Running After One's Hat All Things Considered

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Chesterton, G.K. "On Running After One's Hat." In Defense of Sanity: The Best Essays of G.K. Chesterton. Ignatius Press, 2011. Originally published by Methuen & Company, 1908.

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

George Bernard Shaw

Man and Superman

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Topic
Nature of progress

Author

George Bernard Shaw
Source
Maxims for Revolutionists: Reason Man and Superman
Medium
Play
Genre
Drama (play)
Language
English
Time
1903 1900s 20th century
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Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "Man and Superman: Maxims for Revolutionists." Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Oxford University Press, 2021. Originally published by Archibald and Constable Co., Ltd., 1903.