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
life men idealist
To say that a man is an idealist is merely to say that he is a man.
life lying waiting
Life is not an illogicality; yet it is a trap for logicians. It looks just a little more mathematical and regular than it is; its exactitude is obvious, but its inexactitude is hidden; its wildness lies in wait.
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The true object of human life is play.
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Adventure is the champagne of life.
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What life and death may be to a turkey is not my business; but the soul of Scrooge and the body of Cratchit are my business.
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Life is indeed terribly complicated—to a man who has lost his principles.
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My life is passed in making bad jokes and seeing them turn into true prophecies.
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The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
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An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
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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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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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Romance is the deepest thing in life. It is deeper than reality.
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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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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.