G K Chesterton

G K Chesterton: One sees great...

G K Chesterton: One sees great...

One sees great things from the valley, only small things from the peak.

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G K Chesterton: Tolerance is the...

G K Chesterton: Tolerance is the...

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.

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G K Chesterton: The gallows in...

G K Chesterton: The gallows in...

The gallows in my garden, people say,
Is new and neat and adequately tall.


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G K Chesterton: The worst of...

G K Chesterton: The worst of...

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

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G K Chesterton: People generally quarrel...

G K Chesterton: People generally quarrel...

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

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G K Chesterton: The right kind...

G K Chesterton: The right kind...

The right kind of monarchy is one where everybody goes about with the permanent conviction that the king can do no...

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G K Chesterton: Truths turn into...

G K Chesterton: Truths turn into...

Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.

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G K Chesterton: In matters of...

G K Chesterton: In matters of...

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you...

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G K Chesterton: To be simple...

G K Chesterton: To be simple...

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being...

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G K Chesterton: The present condition...

G K Chesterton: The present condition...

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

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G K Chesterton: What a glorious...

G K Chesterton: What a glorious...

What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to...

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G K Chesterton: It isn't that...

G K Chesterton: It isn't that...

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.

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G K Chesterton: The Nothing scrawled...

G K Chesterton: The Nothing scrawled...

The Nothing scrawled on a five-foot page.

Source: A Song of Defeat
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G K Chesterton: To have a...

G K Chesterton: To have a...

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

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G K Chesterton: Just the other...

G K Chesterton: Just the other...

Just the other day in the Underground I enjoyed the pleasure of offering my seat to three...

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G K Chesterton: Without education, we...

G K Chesterton: Without education, we...

Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people...

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G K Chesterton: You can only...

G K Chesterton: You can only...

You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.

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G K Chesterton: The true object...

G K Chesterton: The true object...

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

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G K Chesterton: If a thing...

G K Chesterton: If a thing...

If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing badly.

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G K Chesterton: Angels can fly...

G K Chesterton: Angels can fly...

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

Source: 'Orthodoxy'
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