Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG, better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox." Time magazine has observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth29 May 1874
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Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.
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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
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Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.
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There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.
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The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it.
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People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.
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Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
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We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners.
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If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.
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Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.
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All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
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Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.
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With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.
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The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.