Gilbert K. Chesterton Philosophical Quotes

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

Philosophical

“Ivory may not be so white as snow, but the whole Arctic continent does not make ivory black.”

White Snow Ivory

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

Philosophical

“Busy editors cannot be expected to put on their posters, "Mr. Wilkinson Still Safe," or "Mr. Jones, of Worthing, Not Dead Yet." They cannot announce the happiness of mankind at all. They cannot describe all the forks that are not stolen, or all the marriages that are not judiciously dissolved. Hence the complex picture they give of life is of necessity fallacious; they can only represent what is unusual.”

Giving Safe Editors

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Philosophical

“The only people who seem to have nothing to do with the education of the children are the parents.”

People Children Education

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Philosophical

“I am myself so exceedingly Nordic, as far as physical constitution is concerned, that I can enjoy almost any weather except what is called glorious weather. At the end of a few days, I am left wondering how the men of the Mediterranean ever managed to do almost all the most active and astonishing things that have been done.”

Men Done Weather

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Philosophical

“Is there anyone... who will maintain that the Party System could have been created by people particularly fond of truth?”

People Party Could Have Been

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Philosophical

“That all war is physically frightful is obvious; but if that were a moral verdict, there would be no difference between a torturer and a surgeon. There are certain intellectuals who are too bright to be content with merely praising peace but who are infuriated by anybody praising war. If no war is possible, all criminality has its chance”

War Would Be Differences

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Philosophical

“Mr. Blatchford says that there was not a Fall but a gradual rise. But the very word "rise" implies that you know toward what you are rising. Unless there is a standard you cannot tell whether you are rising or falling. But the main point is that the Fall like every other large path of Christianity is embodied in the common language talked on the top of an omnibus. Anybody might say, "Very few men are really Manly." Nobody would say, "Very few whales are really whaley."”

Men Fall Whales

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Philosophical

“An almost unnatural vigilance is really required of the citizen because of the horrible rapidity with which human institutions grow old.”

Citizens Institutions Horrible

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Philosophical

“All democrats object to men being disqualified by the accident of birth; tradition objects to their being disqualified by the accident of death.”

Men Birth Tradition

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Philosophical

“And pray where in earth or heaven are there prudent marriages-Might as well talk about prudent suicides.”

Heaven Earth Suicide

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Philosophical

“When "everyone knows" that something is so, it is always more interesting and often illuminating to assumeexactly the opposite, and to see where that leads.”

Knows Interesting Opposites

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Philosophical

“Not only does "orthodox" no longer mean being right, it practically means being wrong.”

Mean Doe Orthodox

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Gilbert K. Chesterton — Philosophical Quotes

Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes