Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER:
1365
AUTHOR:
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
QUOTATION:
But there are some people, nevertheless—and I am one of them—who think that the most practical and important thing about a man is still his view of the universe. We think that for a landlady considering a lodger, it is important to know his income, but still more important to know his philosophy. We think that for a general about to fight an enemy, it is important to know the enemy’s numbers, but still more important to know the enemy’s philosophy.
ATTRIBUTION:
G. K. CHESTERTON, Heretics, introductory remarks, pp. 15–16 (1905).
