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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Gilbert K. Chesterton quotes about men

English Writer May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936

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The Declaration of Independence dogmatically bases all rights on the fact that God created all men equal; and it is right; for if they were not created equal, they were certainly evolved unequal. There is no basis for democracy except in a dogma about the divine origin of man. Gilbert K. Chesterton
When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "sound historians know that most tyrannies have been possible..."
sound historians know that most tyrannies have been possible because men moved too late Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The men who made the joke saw something deep which they could..."
The men who made the joke saw something deep which they could not express except by something silly and emphatic. Gilbert K. Chesterton
A man treats his own faults as original sin and supposes them scattered everywhere with the seed of Adam. He supposes that men have then added their own foreign vices to the solid and simple foundation of his own private vices. It would astound him to realize that they have actually, by their strange erratic path, avoided his vices as well as his virtues. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "In all legends men have thought of women as sublime separately..."
In all legends men have thought of women as sublime separately but horrible in a herd. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Think of all those ages through which men have had the courage to die, and then remember that we have actually fallen to talking about having the courage to live. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I don't deny," he said, "that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that at certain strange epochs it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called poets, actually to remind men that they are not dead yet. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Men of science offer us health, an obvious benefit; it is only afterwards that we discover that by health, they mean bodily slavery and spiritual tedium. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Everywhere we see than men do not go mad by dreaming"
Everywhere we see than men do not go mad by dreaming Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes."
Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes. Gilbert K. Chesterton
But how will you bear an absentminded man who, if he happens to see you, will kill you? That is what tries the nerves, abstraction combined with cruelty. Men have felt it sometimes when they went through wild forests, and felt that the animals there were at once innocent and pitiless. They might ignore or slay. How would you like to pass ten mortal hours in a parlour with an absent-minded tiger? Gilbert K. Chesterton
I do not say that there are no stronger men than these; but will any one say that there are any men stronger than those men of old who were dominated by their philosophy and steeped in their religion? Whether bondage be better than freedom may be discussed. But that their bondage came to more than our freedom it will be difficult for any one to deny. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I never said a word against eminent men of science. What I complain of is a vague popular philosophy which supposes itself to be scientific when it it really nothing but a sort of new religion and an uncommonly nasty one. 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

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