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G.K. Chesterton quotes: One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time. One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: He had that combination of savoir-faire with a sort of well-groomed coarseness which is not uncommon in young doctors. He had that combination of savoir-faire with a sort of well-groomed coarseness which is not uncommon in young doctors.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: why, nobody's ever survived it! Look at all the people married since Adam and Eve - and all as dead as mutton. why, nobody's ever survived it! Look at all the people married since Adam and Eve - and all as dead as mutton.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: People always brag about their vices; it is when they begin to brag about their virtues that they become insufferable. People always brag about their vices; it is when they begin to brag about their virtues that they become insufferable.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost. The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Classic literature is still something that hangs in the air like a song. Classic literature is still something that hangs in the air like a song.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: You are my only friend in the world, and I want to talk to you. Or, perhaps, be silent with you. You are my only friend in the world, and I want to talk to you. Or, perhaps, be silent with you.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: And the second as an old man might say it about the weather; not without sincerity but certainly without fervour. And the second as an old man might say it about the weather; not without sincerity but certainly without fervour.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: for we admire things with reasons, but love them without reasons. He for we admire things with reasons, but love them without reasons. He
G.K. Chesterton quotes: I have not faith enough to believe in matter. I have not faith enough to believe in matter.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: But our modern educationists are trying to bring about a religious liberty without attempting to settle what is religion or what is liberty. If But our modern educationists are trying to bring about a religious liberty without attempting to settle what is religion or what is liberty. If
G.K. Chesterton quotes: A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: ...it ought to be the oldest things that are taught to the youngest people".GKC ...it ought to be the oldest things that are taught to the youngest people".
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G.K. Chesterton quotes: But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by a diminutive. I often did so; and it never seemed to mind. But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by a diminutive. I often did so; and it never seemed to mind.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Everything human must have in it both joy and sorrow; the only matter of interest is the manner in which the two things are balanced or divided. Everything human must have in it both joy and sorrow; the only matter of interest is the manner in which the two things are balanced or divided.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The Catholic Church is the only thing which saves a man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age The Catholic Church is the only thing which saves a man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age
G.K. Chesterton quotes: No man is such a legalist as the good Secularist. No man is such a legalist as the good Secularist.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Men may keep a sort of level of good, but no man has ever been able to keep on one level of evil. That road goes down and down. Men may keep a sort of level of good, but no man has ever been able to keep on one level of evil. That road goes down and down.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: {We} have not to crown the exceptional man who knows he can rule; rather we must crown the much more exceptional man who knows he can't. {We} have not to crown the exceptional man who knows he can rule; rather we must crown the much more exceptional man who knows he can't.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: It is hard to make government representative when it is also remote. It is hard to make government representative when it is also remote.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say. Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The men of the east may search the scrolls, For sure fates and fame, But the men that drink the blood of God go singing to their shame. The men of the east may search the scrolls,
For sure fates and fame,
But the men that drink the blood of God go singing to their shame.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Once abolish the God and the government becomes the God. Once abolish the God and the government becomes the God.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder. The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children. The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: A man must be orthodox upon most things, or he will never even have time to preach his own heresy. A man must be orthodox upon most things, or he will never even have time to preach his own heresy.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: They do not destroy orthodoxy; they only destroy political courage and common sense. They do not destroy orthodoxy; they only destroy political courage and common sense.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything. The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Adventures happen on dull days, and not on sunny ones. When the chord of monotony is stretched most tight, then it breaks with a sound like song. Adventures happen on dull days, and not on sunny ones. When the chord of monotony is stretched most tight, then it breaks with a sound like song.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Romance is the deepest thing in life. It is deeper than reality. Romance is the deepest thing in life. It is deeper than reality.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: He liked as he liked; he seems to have liked everybody, but especially those whom everybody disliked him for liking. He liked as he liked; he seems to have liked everybody, but especially those whom everybody disliked him for liking.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: A liberal is a noble and indispensable lunatic who tries to make a cosmos of his own head. A liberal is a noble and indispensable lunatic who tries to make a cosmos of his own head.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: I sincerely maintain that Nature-worship is more morally dangerous than the most vulgar man-worship of the cities; I sincerely maintain that Nature-worship is more morally dangerous than the most vulgar man-worship of the cities;
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Perfectly," replied Syme; "always be comic in a tragedy. Perfectly," replied Syme; "always be comic in a tragedy.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: There nearly always is a method in madness. There nearly always is a method in madness.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Babies need not to be taught a trade, but to be introduced to a world. Babies need not to be taught a trade, but to be introduced to a world.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: We can accept man as a fact, if we are content with an unexplained fact. We can accept man as a fact, if we are content with an unexplained fact.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: A man is a fool who complains that he cannot enter Eden by five gates at once. A man is a fool who complains that he cannot enter Eden by five gates at once.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: little things please great minds. little things please great minds.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them. When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Realism is simply Romanticism that has lost its reason ... that is its reason for existing. Realism is simply Romanticism that has lost its reason ... that is its reason for existing.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: You prosecute the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common, But leave the larger felon loose Who steals the common from the goose. You prosecute the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common, But leave the larger felon loose Who steals the common from the goose.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The modern State has educated its citizens in a series of ephemeral fads. The modern State has educated its citizens in a series of ephemeral fads.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: If you want to know what you are, you are a set of highly well-intentioned young jackasses. If you want to know what you are, you are a set of highly well-intentioned young jackasses.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: It is very hard for a man to defend anything of which he is entirely convinced. It is comparatively easy when he is only partially convinced. It is very hard for a man to defend anything of which he is entirely convinced. It is comparatively easy when he is only partially convinced.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: In every society, the rich are the scum of the earth. In every society, the rich are the scum of the earth.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers. For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: To the delight of the poetic little gutter boys in the little grey streets. To the delight of the poetic little gutter boys in the little grey streets.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Blessed are they who did not see, but being blind, believed. Blessed are they who did not see, but being blind, believed.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Is literature better, is politics better, for having discarded the moralist and the philosopher? Is literature better, is politics better, for having discarded the moralist and the philosopher?
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: There is no bigot like the atheist. There is no bigot like the atheist.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Life is not an illogicality; yet it is a trap for logicians. Life is not an illogicality; yet it is a trap for logicians.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The men of the East may spell the stars,And times and triumphs mark,But the men signed of the cross of ChristGo gaily in the dark. The men of the East may spell the stars,
And times and triumphs mark,
But the men signed of the cross of Christ
Go gaily in the dark.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Civilization has run on ahead of the soul of man, and is producing faster than he can think and give thanks. Civilization has run on ahead of the soul of man, and is producing faster than he can think and give thanks.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Bethlehem is emphatically a place where extremes meet. Bethlehem is emphatically a place where extremes meet.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Of all horrible religions the most horrible is the worship of hte god within. Of all horrible religions the most horrible is the worship of hte god within.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: They stoned the false prophets, it is said; but they could have stoned true prophets with a greater and juster enjoyment. They stoned the false prophets, it is said; but they could have stoned true prophets with a greater and juster enjoyment.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: To the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sun is really a sun; to the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sea is really To the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sun is really a sun; to the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sea is really a sea.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: He has a fancy for always sitting in a pitch-dark room. He says it makes his thoughts brighter. He has a fancy for always sitting in a pitch-dark room. He says it makes his thoughts brighter.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: He who wills to reject nothing, wills the destruction of will; for will is not only the choice of something, but the rejection of almost everything. He who wills to reject nothing, wills the destruction of will; for will is not only the choice of something, but the rejection of almost everything.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The fundamental things in a man are not the things he explains, but rather the things he forgets to explain. The fundamental things in a man are not the things he explains, but rather the things he forgets to explain.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Then I realized that for eighteen hundred years the Church Militant had not been a pageant, but a riot - and a suppressed riot. There, Then I realized that for eighteen hundred years the Church Militant had not been a pageant, but a riot - and a suppressed riot. There,
G.K. Chesterton quotes: It is now certain that the public does know. It is not so certain that the public does care. It is now certain that the public does know. It is not so certain that the public does care.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: War in the wide modern sense, is possible, not because more men disagree, but because more men agree. War in the wide modern sense, is possible, not because more men disagree, but because more men agree.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The classes that wash most are those that work least. The classes that wash most are those that work least.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Self is the gorgon. Self is the gorgon.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The true soldier fights The true soldier fights
G.K. Chesterton quotes: It is assumed that the skeptic has no bias; whereas he has a very obvious bias in favour of skepticism. It is assumed that the skeptic has no bias; whereas he has a very obvious bias in favour of skepticism.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: A stone is helpless, because a stone is hard. The stone must by its own nature go downwards, because hardness is weakness. A stone is helpless, because a stone is hard. The stone must by its own nature go downwards, because hardness is weakness.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything. When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government. Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: If there is one thing worse that the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals. If there is one thing worse that the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Strike a glass and it will not endure an instant. Simply do not strike it and it will endure a thousand years. Strike a glass and it will not endure an instant. Simply do not strike it and it will endure a thousand years.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Paganism declared that virtue was in a balance; Christianity declared it was in a conflict: the collision of two passions apparently opposite. Of Paganism declared that virtue was in a balance; Christianity declared it was in a conflict: the collision of two passions apparently opposite. Of
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed. Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: This is the age in which thin and theoretic minorities can cover and conquer unconscious and untheoretic majorities. This is the age in which thin and theoretic minorities can cover and conquer unconscious and untheoretic majorities.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Plato has told you a truth; but Plato is dead. Plato has told you a truth; but Plato is dead.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else. I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: We may find men wrong in what they thought they were, but we cannot find them wrong in what they thought they thought. We may find men wrong in what they thought they were, but we cannot find them wrong in what they thought they thought.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Your offer," he said, "is far too idiotic to be declined. Your offer," he said, "is far too idiotic to be declined.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: He had the notion that because I am a clergyman I should believe anything. Many people have little notions of that kind.- Father Brown He had the notion that because I am a clergyman I should believe anything. Many people have little notions of that kind.
- Father Brown
G.K. Chesterton quotes: My life is passed in making bad jokes and seeing them turn into true prophecies. My life is passed in making bad jokes and seeing them turn into true prophecies.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: For a large lemon moon was only just setting in the forest of high grass above their heads, For a large lemon moon was only just setting in the forest of high grass above their heads,
G.K. Chesterton quotes: CHAPTER II. - The Maniac CHAPTER II. - The Maniac
G.K. Chesterton quotes: That is the one eternal education: to be sure enough that something is true that you dare to tell it to a child. That is the one eternal education: to be sure enough that something is true that you dare to tell it to a child.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Tradition means giving a vote to most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition means giving a vote to most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The obvious truth is that the moment any matter has passed through the human mind it is finally and for ever spoilt for all purposes of science. The obvious truth is that the moment any matter has passed through the human mind it is finally and for ever spoilt for all purposes of science.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The devil takes us to the top of an exceeding high mountain and makes us dizzy; but God lets us look at the mountain. The devil takes us to the top of an exceeding high mountain and makes us dizzy; but God lets us look at the mountain.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The sun has set," said Horne Fisher, in the same terrible tones, "and he will never see it rise again. The sun has set," said Horne Fisher, in the same terrible tones, "and he will never see it rise again.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: What is wrong is that we do not ask what is right. What is wrong is that we do not ask what is right.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: There are books showing men how to succeed in everything; they are written by men who cannot even succeed in writing books. There are books showing men how to succeed in everything; they are written by men who cannot even succeed in writing books.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Man is the microcosm; man is the measure of all things; man is the image of God. Man is the microcosm; man is the measure of all things; man is the image of God.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: The more a man looks at a thing, the less he can see it, and the more a man learns a thing, the less he knows it. The more a man looks at a thing, the less he can see it, and the more a man learns a thing, the less he knows it.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Flippancy is a flower whose roots are often underground in the subconsciousness. Flippancy is a flower whose roots are often underground in the subconsciousness.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Being a nation means standing up to your equals, whereas being an empire only means kicking your inferiors. Being a nation means standing up to your equals, whereas being an empire only means kicking your inferiors.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: Leisure is being allowed to do nothing. Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: For with the removal of all question of merit or payment, the soul is suddenly released for incredible voyages. For with the removal of all question of merit or payment, the soul is suddenly released for incredible voyages.
G.K. Chesterton quotes: There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read. There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read.

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