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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Gilbert K. Chesterton quotes

English Writer May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936

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The materialist is sure that history has been simply and solely a chain of causation, just as the [lunatic] is quite sure that he is simply and solely a chicken. Materialists and madmen never have doubts. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "He is a [sane] man who can have tragedy in his heart and..."
He is a [sane] man who can have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head. Gilbert K. Chesterton
That young man with the long, auburn hair and the impudent face - that young man was not really a poet; but surely he was a poem. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed..."
Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The gentlemen are up there, sare," he said. "They do talk and they do laugh at what they talk. They do say they will throw bombs at ze king. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The most poetical thing in the world is not being sick."
The most poetical thing in the world is not being sick. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for..."
A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation. Gilbert K. Chesterton
We are in this fairyland on sufferance; it is not for us to quarrel with the conditions under which we enjoy this wild vision of the world. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The modern mind is hard to please; and it generally calls the way of Godfrey ferocious and the way of Francis fanatical. That is, it calls any moral method unpractical, when it has just called any practical method immoral. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he..."
A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion, but, on the contrary, of its liberality and humanity. It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted, and only a few things are forbidden. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry."
All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth."
Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people."
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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