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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 more truly we can see life as a fairytale, the more clearly the tale resolves itself into war with the dragon who is wasting fairyland. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "She had never really listened to anyone in her life; which,..."
She had never really listened to anyone in her life; which, some said, was why she had survived. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Romance is the deepest thing in life. It is deeper than reality."
Romance is the deepest thing in life. It is deeper than reality. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction...."
Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he..."
The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "I had always felt life first as a story..."
I had always felt life first as a story... Gilbert K. Chesterton
The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a..."
I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there is a story-teller Gilbert K. Chesterton
If a man called Christmas Day a mere hypocritical excuse for drunkenness and gluttony, that would be false, but it would have a fact hidden in it somewhere. But when Bernard Shaw says the Christmas Day is only a conspiracy kept up by poulterers and wine merchants from strictly business motives, then he says something which is not so much false as startling and arrestingly foolish. He might as well say that the two sexes were invented by jewellers who wanted to sell wedding rings. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I do not, in my private capacity, believe that a baby gets his best physical food by sucking his thumb; nor that a man gets his best moral food by sucking on his soul, and denying its dependence on God or other good things. I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "My best friends are all either bottomless skeptics or quite..."
My best friends are all either bottomless skeptics or quite uncontrollable believers . . . . Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Angus...had hitherto maintained hilarious ease from motives of..."
Angus...had hitherto maintained hilarious ease from motives of mental hygiene... Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was..."
Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up. Gilbert K. Chesterton
It may be said of Socialism, therefore, that its friends recommended it as increasing equality, while its foes resisted it as decreasing liberty….The compromise eventually made was one of the most interesting and even curious cases in history. It was decided to do everything that had ever been denounced in Socialism, and nothing that had ever been desired in it…we proceeded to prove that it was possible to sacrifice liberty without gaining equality….In short, people decided that it was... Gilbert K. Chesterton
Oh, most unhappy man,' he cried, 'try to be happy! You have red hair like your sister.'My red hair, like red flames, shall burn up the world,' said Gregory. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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