Gilbert K. Chesterton — Philosophical Quotes

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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

Philosophical

“Time and again, the Faith has to all appearances gone to the dogs. But each time, it was the dog that died.”

Dog Gone Appearance

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

Philosophical

“The most important fact about the subject of education is that there is no such thing. Education is not a subject and it does not deal in subjects. It is instead the transfer of a way of life.”

Way Important Doe

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Philosophical

“Modern broad-mindedness benefits the rich; and benefits nobody else.”

Rich Benefits

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Philosophical

“Plato was right, but not quite right.”

Plato

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Philosophical

“Men reform a thing by removing the reality from it, and then do not know what to do with the unreality that is left.”

Men Reality Progress

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“The whole point of the Eugenic pseudo-scientific theories is that they are to be applied wholesale, by some more sweeping and generalizing money power than the individual husband or wife or household. Eugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs; and also so clever that they can manage each other's.”

Stupid Husband Clever

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Philosophical

“I am a journalist and have no earthly motives except curiosity and personal vanity.”

Vanity Curiosity

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Philosophical

“Vigorous organisms talk not about their processes, but about their aims.”

Process Aim

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Philosophical

“Every man speaks of public opinion, and means by public opinion, public opinion minus his opinion.”

Men Mean Public Opinion

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Philosophical

“If the world grows to worldly, it can be rebuked by the Church; but if the Church grows to worldly, it cannot be adequately rebuked for worldlyness by the world.”

World Church Grows

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Philosophical

“The prophet and the quack are alike admired for a generation, and admired for the wrong reasons.”

Reason Generations Prophet

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Philosophical

“It is ludicrous to suppose that the more sceptical we are the more we see good in everything. It is clear that the more we are certain what good is, the more we shall see good in everything.”

Certain Clear Skeptic

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