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
men aquariums literature
The ordinary scientific man is strictly a sentimentalist. He is a sentimentalist in this essential sense, that he is soaked and swept away by mere associations.
mean half literature
Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.
women men literature
Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.
mean people literature
What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.
men cosmos literature
The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.
men literature daylight
Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.
organization literature would-be
Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization.
invisibility obscurity literature
When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.
literature young
Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.
annoyed want literature
Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.
writing literature disease
Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.
men literature virtue
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
literature metaphor slang
All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
happiness literature mystery
Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.