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English Writer May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936

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A fairly clear line separated advertisement from art. The First Effect I should say the first effect of the triumph of the capitalist (if we allow him to triumph) will be that that line of demarcation will entirely disappear. Gilbert K. Chesterton
A man is perfectly entitled to laugh at a thing because he happens to find it incomprehensible. What he has no right to do is to laugh at it as incomprehensible, and then criticise it as if he comprehended it. The very fact of its unfamiliarity and mystery ought to set him thinking about the deeper causes that make people so different from himself, and that without merely assuming that they must be inferior to himself. Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is only one thing that can never go past a certain point in its alliance with oppression--and that is orthodoxy. I may, it is true, twist orthodoxy so as partly to justify a tyrant. But I can easily make up a German philosophy to justify him entirely. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men. Gilbert K. Chesterton
It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.'By George!' said Syme facing round and looking at him, 'What a clever chap you are! Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "To him, even the momentary was momentous."
To him, even the momentary was momentous. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Humour is meant, in a literal sense, to make game of man; that is, to dethrone him from his official dignity and hunt him like game. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be..."
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "the primary paradox that man is superior to all the things..."
...the primary paradox that man is superior to all the things around him and yet is at their mercy. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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