Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

Philosophical

“The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.”

Country Adventure Travel

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

Grateful

“Children are grateful when Santa Claus puts in their stockings gifts of toys or sweets. Could I not be grateful to Santa Claus when he put in my stockings the gift of two miraculous legs? We thank people for birthday presents of cigars and slippers. Can I thank no one for the birthday present of birth?”

Children Sweet Grateful

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Wise

“You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.”

Spiritual Truth

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Confident

“You cannot grow a beard in a moment of passion.”

Passion Truth

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Angry

“If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.”

Mind Moving Christian Inspirational

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Melancholic

“Happiness is not only a hope, but also in some strange manner a memory ... we are all kings in exile.”

Memories Kings Strange

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Wise

“It's the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.”

Believe Firsts

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Regretful

“The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.”

People School

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Philosophical

“There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.”

Inspirational Earth Artistic Temperament

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Angry

“In real life the people who are most bigoted are the people who have no convictions at all.”

People Racism Conviction

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Funny

“People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.”

People Fear

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Optimistic

“The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.”

Men Age

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