G K Chesterton

G K Chesterton: People accuse journalism...

G K Chesterton: People accuse journalism...

People accuse journalism of being too personal; but to me it has always seemed far too impersonal. It is charged with...

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G K Chesterton: And goodness only...

G K Chesterton: And goodness only...

And goodness only knowses
The Noselessness of Man.


Source: The Song of...

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G K Chesterton: `The Christian ideal,'...

G K Chesterton: `The Christian ideal,'...

`The Christian ideal,' it is said, `has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left...

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G K Chesterton: Ritual will always...

G K Chesterton: Ritual will always...

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our...

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G K Chesterton: But we are...

G K Chesterton: But we are...

But we are the people of England; and we have not spoken yet.
Smile at us, pay us, pass us. But do not quite...

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G K Chesterton: The timidity of...

G K Chesterton: The timidity of...

The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is...

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G K Chesterton: If an angel...

G K Chesterton: If an angel...

If an angel out of heaven
Brings you other things to drink,
Thank him for his kind attentions,
Go and pour...

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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.

Source: What's Wrong with the...

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G K Chesterton: Art consists of...

G K Chesterton: Art consists of...

Art consists of limitation. . . . The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

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G K Chesterton: Smile at us,...

G K Chesterton: Smile at us,...

Smile at us, pay us, pass us; but do not quite forget. For we are the people of England, that never have spoken...

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G K Chesterton: The whole object...

G K Chesterton: The whole object...

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a...

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G K Chesterton: Those thinkers who...

G K Chesterton: Those thinkers who...

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for...

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G K Chesterton: An artist will...

G K Chesterton: An artist will...

An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerity.

Source: ``The Dagger with...

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G K Chesterton: Compromise used to...

G K Chesterton: Compromise used to...

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that...

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G K Chesterton: The average man...

G K Chesterton: The average man...

The average man votes below himself; he votes with half a mind or a hundredth part of one. A man ought to vote with...

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G K Chesterton: The perplexity of...

G K Chesterton: The perplexity of...

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in...

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G K Chesterton: Brave men are...

G K Chesterton: Brave men are...

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the...

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G K Chesterton: THE UNIVERSE: The...

G K Chesterton: THE UNIVERSE: The...

THE UNIVERSE: The most exquisite masterpiece ever composed by nobody.

Source:...

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G K Chesterton: And Noah he...

G K Chesterton: And Noah he...

And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine,
`I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get...

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G K Chesterton: There's no such...

G K Chesterton: There's no such...

There's no such thing as fighting on the winning side; one fights to find out which is the winning...

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