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Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: May 29
Died: 1936
Died: June 14
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More quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
I came to the conclusion that the optimist thought everything good except the pessimist, and that the pessimist thought everything bad, except himself.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them.
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Christian Science … is the direct denial both of science and of Christianity, for Science rests wholly on the recognition of truth and Christianity on the recognition of pain.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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I believe your own accent is inimitable, though I shall practice it in my bath.
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I am the fool in this story, and no rebel shall hurl me from my throne.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Atheism is too theological.
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If seeds in the black earth can turn into such beautiful roses, what might not the heart of man become in its long journey toward the stars?
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The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly, like a trumpet. But the voices of the saints and sages, recommending contentment, should sound unceasingly, like the sea.
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I have argued with him on almost every subject in the world, and we have always been on opposite sides, without affectation or animosity... It is necessary to disagree with him as much as I do, in order to admire him as I do and I am proud of him as a foe even more than as a friend.
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When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Certain new theologians dispute original sin, which is the only part of Christian theology which can really be proved.
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The full potentialities of human fury cannot be reached until a friend of both parties tactfully intervenes.
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If the devil tells you something is too fearful to look at, look at it. If he says something is too terrible to hear, hear it. If you think some truth unbearable, bear it.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Every true artist feels that he is touching transcendental truths that his images are shadows of things seen through the veil.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Oh, most unhappy man,' he cried, 'try to be happy! You have red hair like your sister.' My red hair, like red flames, shall burn up the world,' said Gregory.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
I would never commit the positively anti-social action of robbing a bank, or worse still, working in one.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
We are passing into a social phase in which unless a heroic effort is made for human dignity and freedom, gold will be the sole method of government and therefore the sole standard of manners.
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