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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Gilbert K. Chesterton quotes

English Writer May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936

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Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The ignorant pronounce it Frood. To cavil or applaud. The..."
The ignorant pronounce it Frood. To cavil or applaud. The well-informed pronounce it Froyd. But I pronounce it Fraud. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Passion makes every detail important."
Passion makes every detail important. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "When the chord of monotony is stretched to its tightest, it..."
When the chord of monotony is stretched to its tightest, it breaks with the sound of a song. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "It is always the secure who are humble."
It is always the secure who are humble. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Only poor men get hanged."
Only poor men get hanged. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the..."
The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "I still think sincere pessimism the unpardonable sin."
I still think sincere pessimism the unpardonable sin. Gilbert K. Chesterton
it will be generally found that the popular joke is not true to the letter, but is true to the spirit. The joke is generally in the oddest way the truth and yet not the fact. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Before we congratulate ourselves upon the absence of certain faults from our nation or society, we ought to ask ourselves why it is that these faults are absent. Are we without the fault because we have the opposite virtue? Or are we without the fault because we have the opposite fault? Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Dear Sir: Regarding your article 'What's Wrong with the..."
Dear Sir: Regarding your article 'What's Wrong with the World?' I am. Yours truly, Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man..."
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "I have little doubt that when St. George had killed the dragon..."
I have little doubt that when St. George had killed the dragon he was heartily afraid of the princess. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "In most commercial ways we’re a pretty forward country. In..."
In most commercial ways we’re a pretty forward country. In these moral ways we’re content to be a pretty backward country. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a..."
We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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