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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Gilbert K. Chesterton quotes

English Writer May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936

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But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by a diminutive. I often did so; and it never seemed to mind. Gilbert K. Chesterton
When Nietszche says, "A new commandment I give to you, be hard" he is really saying, "A new commandment I give to you, be dead." Sensibility is the definition oflife. Gilbert K. Chesterton
There again," said Syme irritably, "what is there poetical about being in revolt? You might as well say that it is poetical to be sea-sick. Being sick is a revolt. Both being sick and being rebellious may be the wholesome thing on certain desperate occasions; but I'm hanged if I can see why they are poetical. Revolt in the abstract is? revolting. It's mere vomiting. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us..."
Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men. Gilbert K. Chesterton
What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is rather not finding them in the familiar place. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The modern materialists are not permitted to doubt; they are..."
The modern materialists are not permitted to doubt; they are forbidden to believe. Gilbert K. Chesterton
A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is ready to toil and die for his convictions if he is not even ready to wear a wreathe around his head for them. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it..."
Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still..."
humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle Gilbert K. Chesterton
a man is not really convinced of a philosophic theory when he finds that something proves it. He is only really convinced when he finds that everything proves it. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "It is one thing to believe in witches, and quite another to..."
It is one thing to believe in witches, and quite another to believe in witch-smellers. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they..."
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic..."
Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "To the delight of the poetic little gutter boys in the little..."
To the delight of the poetic little gutter boys in the little grey streets. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference,..."
What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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