G K Chesterton

G K Chesterton: A good novel...

G K Chesterton: A good novel...

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its...

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G K Chesterton: Carlyle said that...

G K Chesterton: Carlyle said that...

Carlyle said that men were mostly fools. Christianity, with a surer and more reverend realism, says that they are all...

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G K Chesterton: Literature has always...

G K Chesterton: Literature has always...

Literature has always been allegorical.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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G K Chesterton: Charity is the...

G K Chesterton: Charity is the...

Charity is the power of defending that which we know to be indefensible. Hope is the power of being cheerful in...

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G K Chesterton: We ought to...

G K Chesterton: We ought to...

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

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G K Chesterton: Adventure is the...

G K Chesterton: Adventure is the...

Adventure is the champagne of life.

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G K Chesterton: There is one...

G K Chesterton: There is one...

There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the...

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G K Chesterton: Merely having an...

G K Chesterton: Merely having an...

Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on...

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G K Chesterton: As enunciated today,...

G K Chesterton: As enunciated today,...

As enunciated today, 'progress' is simply a comparative of which we have not settled the...

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G K Chesterton: It is at...

G K Chesterton: It is at...

It is at unimportant moments that a man is a gentleman. At important moments he ought to be something...

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G K Chesterton: Children are innocent...

G K Chesterton: Children are innocent...

Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.

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G K Chesterton: A man who...

G K Chesterton: A man who...

A man who has faith must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool.

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G K Chesterton: Nonsense is a...

G K Chesterton: Nonsense is a...

Nonsense is a kind of exuberant capering round a discovered truth.

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G K Chesterton: You shouldn't take...

G K Chesterton: You shouldn't take...

You shouldn't take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.

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G K Chesterton: It is the...

G K Chesterton: It is the...

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

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G K Chesterton: Fable is more...

G K Chesterton: Fable is more...

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million...

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G K Chesterton: Materialists and madmen...

G K Chesterton: Materialists and madmen...

Materialists and madmen never have doubts.

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G K Chesterton: The most wonderful...

G K Chesterton: The most wonderful...

The most wonderful thing about miracles is that they sometimes happen.

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G K Chesterton: I believe in...

G K Chesterton: I believe in...

I believe in getting into hot water. I think it keeps you clean.

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G K Chesterton: Marriage is an...

G K Chesterton: Marriage is an...

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

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