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
may recurrence repetition
The repetition in Nature may not be a mere recurrence; it may be a theatrical encore.
past men may
If the common man in the past had a grave respect for property, it may conceivably have been because he sometimes had some of his own.
anger men may
Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.
practice religion may
I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
tired may orthodoxy
It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never gotten tired of making them
art simple may
Every work of art has one indispensable mark ... the center of it is simple, however much the fulfillment may be complicated.
men may said
Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being.
men evil may
Men may keep a sort of level of good, but no man has ever been able to keep on one level of evil.
saint culture may
There have been household gods and household saints and household fairies. I am not sure that there have yet been any factory gods or factory saints or factory fairies. I may be wrong, as I am no commericial expert, but I have not heard of them as yet.
democracy noses may
Democracy is like blowing your nose. You may not do it well, but it's something you ought to do yourself.
two four may
There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.
beautiful people may
People talk of the pathos and failure of plain women; but it is a more terrible thing that a beautiful woman may succeed in everything but womanhood.
grandmother animal may
Do not be proud of the fact that your grandmother was shocked at something which your are accustomed to seeing or hearing without being shocked. ... It may be that your grandmother was an extremely lively and vital animal and that you are a paralytic.
sleep may architecture
Free verse'? You may as well call sleeping in a ditch 'free architecture'.