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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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I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are."
Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are. Gilbert K. Chesterton
This is not a university town full of philosophies; it is a Zion of the hundred sieges raging with religions; not a place where resolutions can be voted and amended, but a place where men can be crowned and crucified. Gilbert K. Chesterton
There are degrees of seriousness," replied Syme. "I have never doubted that you were perfectly sincere in this sense, that you thought what you said well worth saying, that you thought a paradox might wake men up to a neglected truth. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The men signed of the cross of Christ go gaily in the dark."
The men signed of the cross of Christ go gaily in the dark. Gilbert K. Chesterton
. . . men in England are ruled, at this minute by the clock, by brutes who refuse them bread, by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern, and therefore wish to enslave. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Mysticism keeps men sane. As long as you have mystery you..."
Mysticism keeps men sane. As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Teach to the young, men's enduring truths, and let the learned..."
Teach to the young, men's enduring truths, and let the learned amuse themselves with their passing errors. Gilbert K. Chesterton
A detective story generally describes six living men discussing how it is that a man is dead. A modern philosophic story generally describes six dead men discussing how any man can possibly be alive. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Plato in some sense anticipated the Catholic realism, as attacked by the heretical nominalism, by insisting on the equally fundamental fact that ideas are realities; that ideas exist just as men exist. Plato however seemed sometimes almost to fancy that ideas exist as men do not exist; or that the men need hardly be considered where they conflict with the ideas. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the..."
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic..."
The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums. Gilbert K. Chesterton
He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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