G K Chesterton

G K Chesterton: The only words...

G K Chesterton: The only words...

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell,...

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G K Chesterton: Blasphemy itself could...

G K Chesterton: Blasphemy itself could...

Blasphemy itself could not survive religion; if anyone doubts that, let him try to blaspheme...

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G K Chesterton: You have weighed...

G K Chesterton: You have weighed...

You have weighed the stars in the balance, and grasped the skies in a span:
Take, if you must have answer, the word...

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G K Chesterton: My country, right...

G K Chesterton: My country, right...

My country, right or wrong is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like...

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G K Chesterton: A dying monarchy...

G K Chesterton: A dying monarchy...

A dying monarchy is always one that has too much power, not too little; a dying religion always interferes more than...

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G K Chesterton: The mere brute...

G K Chesterton: The mere brute...

The mere brute pleasure of reading --the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

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G K Chesterton: Most Americans are...

G K Chesterton: Most Americans are...

Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them. They have a sort of permanent...

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G K Chesterton: Every politician is...

G K Chesterton: Every politician is...

Every politician is emphatically a promising politician.

Source: The Secret of...

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G K Chesterton: The one stream...

G K Chesterton: The one stream...

The one stream of poetry which is continually flowing is slang.

Source: The...

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G K Chesterton: Strong gongs groaning...

G K Chesterton: Strong gongs groaning...

Strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far,
Don John of Austria is going to the war.


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G K Chesterton: Merrily taking twopenny...

G K Chesterton: Merrily taking twopenny...

Merrily taking twopenny ale and cheese with a pocket knife;
But these were luxuries not for him who went for the...

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G K Chesterton: It seems a...

G K Chesterton: It seems a...

It seems a pity that psychology should have destroyed all our knowledge of human nature.

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G K Chesterton: God made the...

G K Chesterton: God made the...

God made the wicked Grocer
For a mystery and a sign,
That men might shun the awful shop
And go to inns to...

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G K Chesterton: With monstrous head...

G K Chesterton: With monstrous head...

With monstrous head and sickening cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil's walking parody
On all...

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G K Chesterton: The folk that...

G K Chesterton: The folk that...

The folk that live in Liverpool, their heart is in their boots;
They go to hell like lambs, they do, because the...

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G K Chesterton: His English education...

G K Chesterton: His English education...

His English education at one of the great public schools had preserved his intellect perfectly and permanently at the...

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G K Chesterton: One may understand...

G K Chesterton: One may understand...

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.

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G K Chesterton: Journalism largely consists...

G K Chesterton: Journalism largely consists...

Journalism largely consists in saying `Lord Jones Dead' to people who never knew Lord Jones was...

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G K Chesterton: With any recovery...

G K Chesterton: With any recovery...

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

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G K Chesterton: Tradition means giving...

G K Chesterton: Tradition means giving...

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes --our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. ...

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