G K Chesterton

G K Chesterton: Education is simply...

G K Chesterton: Education is simply...

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

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G K Chesterton: He could not...

G K Chesterton: He could not...

He could not think up to the height of his own towering style.

Source: Speaking of...

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G K Chesterton: The chief assertion...

G K Chesterton: The chief assertion...

The chief assertion of religious morality is that white is a colour. Virtue is not the absence of vices or the...

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G K Chesterton: Tea, although an...

G K Chesterton: Tea, although an...

Tea, although an Oriental,
Is a gentleman at least;
Cocoa is a cad and coward,
Cocoa is a vulgar...

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G K Chesterton: A stiff apology...

G K Chesterton: A stiff apology...

A stiff apology is a second insult. . . . The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been...

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G K Chesterton: Before the Roman...

G K Chesterton: Before the Roman...

Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode,
The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English...

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G K Chesterton: I tell you...

G K Chesterton: I tell you...

I tell you naught for your comfort,
Yea, naught for your desire,
Save that the sky grows darker yet
And the...

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G K Chesterton: White. . ....

G K Chesterton: White. . ....

White. . . is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as...

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G K Chesterton: No one can...

G K Chesterton: No one can...

No one can understand Paris and its history who does not understand that its fierceness is the balance and...

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G K Chesterton: Fools! For I...

G K Chesterton: Fools! For I...

Fools! For I also had my hour;
One far fierce hour and sweet;
There was a shout about my ears,
And palms...

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G K Chesterton: He crams with...

G K Chesterton: He crams with...

He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands
Why, he laughs...

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G K Chesterton: They haven't got...

G K Chesterton: They haven't got...

They haven't got no noses
The fallen sons of Eve;
Even the smell of roses
Is not what they supposes;
But...

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G K Chesterton: A building is...

G K Chesterton: A building is...

A building is akin to dogma; it is insolent, like dogma. Whether or no it is permanent, it claims permanence, like a...

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G K Chesterton: All architecture is...

G K Chesterton: All architecture is...

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of...

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G K Chesterton: The rich are...

G K Chesterton: The rich are...

The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

Source: The Flying Inn.
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G K Chesterton: Your next-door neighbour....

G K Chesterton: Your next-door neighbour....

Your next-door neighbour. . . is not a man; he is an environment. He is the barking of a dog; he is the noise of a...

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G K Chesterton: To be clever...

G K Chesterton: To be clever...

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

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G K Chesterton: You can never...

G K Chesterton: You can never...

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a...

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G K Chesterton: The only way...

G K Chesterton: The only way...

The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before.

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G K Chesterton: Where does a...

G K Chesterton: Where does a...

Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the...

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