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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It is easy to be heavy: hard to be light.
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True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.
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Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.
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Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.
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The real pleasure-seeking is the combination of luxury and austerity in such a way that the luxury can really be felt.
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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
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The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before.
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The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.
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The mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.
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Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.