G K Chesterton

G K Chesterton: Journalism is popular,...

G K Chesterton: Journalism is popular,...

Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers...

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G K Chesterton: The aim of...

G K Chesterton: The aim of...

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of...

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G K Chesterton: A woman uses...

G K Chesterton: A woman uses...

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

Source: In...

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G K Chesterton: I want to...

G K Chesterton: I want to...

I want to reassure you I am not this size, really - dear me no, I'm being amplified by the...

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G K Chesterton: Soldiers have many...

G K Chesterton: Soldiers have many...

Soldiers have many faults, but they have one redeeming merit; they are never worshippers of force. Soldiers more than...

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G K Chesterton: Boyhood is a...

G K Chesterton: Boyhood is a...

Boyhood is a most complex and incomprehensible thing. Even when one has been through it, one does not understand what...

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G K Chesterton: A cosmic philosophy...

G K Chesterton: A cosmic philosophy...

A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no...

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G K Chesterton: Architecture is the...

G K Chesterton: Architecture is the...

Architecture is the alphabet of giants; it is the largest set of symbols ever made to meet the eyes of...

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G K Chesterton: New roads: new...

G K Chesterton: New roads: new...

New roads: new ruts.

Source: Attrib.
-- G K Chesterton, (May 29 1874-1936),...

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G K Chesterton: The paradox of...

G K Chesterton: The paradox of...

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep...

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G K Chesterton: The lunatic is...

G K Chesterton: The lunatic is...

The lunatic is the man who lives in a small world but thinks it is a large one; he is the man who lives in a tenth of...

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G K Chesterton: The dignity of...

G K Chesterton: The dignity of...

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he...

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G K Chesterton: I owe my...

G K Chesterton: I owe my...

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact...

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G K Chesterton: The full value...

G K Chesterton: The full value...

The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted...

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G K Chesterton: If the barricades...

G K Chesterton: If the barricades...

If the barricades went up in our streets and the poor became masters, I think the priests would escape, I fear the...

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G K Chesterton: Mankind is not...

G K Chesterton: Mankind is not...

Mankind is not a tribe of animals to which we owe compassion. Mankind is a club to which we owe our...

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G K Chesterton: It is as...

G K Chesterton: It is as...

It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.

Source: Generally Speaking, ...

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G K Chesterton: I will not...

G K Chesterton: I will not...

I will not call it my philosophy, for I did not make it. God and humanity made it, and it made...

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G K Chesterton: The fatal metaphor...

G K Chesterton: The fatal metaphor...

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth,...

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G K Chesterton: And they that...

G K Chesterton: And they that...

And they that rule in England,
In stately conclave met,
Alas, alas for England
They have no graves as...

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