G K Chesterton

G K Chesterton: I've searched all...

G K Chesterton: I've searched all...

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

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G K Chesterton: Artistic temperament is...

G K Chesterton: Artistic temperament is...

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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G K Chesterton: The whole difference...

G K Chesterton: The whole difference...

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved...

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G K Chesterton: All conservatism is...

G K Chesterton: All conservatism is...

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If...

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G K Chesterton: People in high...

G K Chesterton: People in high...

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily...

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G K Chesterton: No man knows...

G K Chesterton: No man knows...

No man knows he is young while he is young.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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G K Chesterton: Love means to...

G K Chesterton: Love means to...

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

Source: In...

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G K Chesterton: Buddhism is not...

G K Chesterton: Buddhism is not...

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

Source: Professor de Worms, in The Man Who...

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G K Chesterton: Courage is almost...

G K Chesterton: Courage is almost...

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to...

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G K Chesterton: The golden age...

G K Chesterton: The golden age...

The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.

Source: In The...

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G K Chesterton: White founts falling...

G K Chesterton: White founts falling...

White founts falling in the courts of the sun,
And the Soldan of Byzantium is smiling as they...

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G K Chesterton: Some men never...

G K Chesterton: Some men never...

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Source: In The...

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G K Chesterton: All slang is...

G K Chesterton: All slang is...

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

Source: The Defendant.
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G K Chesterton: The poor have...

G K Chesterton: The poor have...

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at...

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G K Chesterton: There is a...

G K Chesterton: There is a...

There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel...

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G K Chesterton: Democracy means government...

G K Chesterton: Democracy means government...

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly...

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G K Chesterton: Their is a...

G K Chesterton: Their is a...

Their is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.

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G K Chesterton: Evil comes at...

G K Chesterton: Evil comes at...

Evil comes at leisure like the disease; good comes in a hurry like the doctor.

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G K Chesterton: Am in Birmingham....

G K Chesterton: Am in Birmingham....

Am in Birmingham. Where ought I to be?

Source: Telegram to his wife during a...

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G K Chesterton: When it comes...

G K Chesterton: When it comes...

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with...

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