G.K. Chesterton, The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond, 1936, p. 41

Paradox has been defined as “Truth standing on her head to get attention.” Paradox has been defended; on the ground that so many fashionable fallacies still stand firmly on their feet, because they have no heads to stand on.

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