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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The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
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Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.
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It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.
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Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer's day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented.
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Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
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There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.
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An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
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There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
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There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.
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A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.
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A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.
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Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.
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Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.
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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.