Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

1.3K quotes · Writer, Journalist

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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

Courageous

“Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.”

Men Memorial Day Remembrance

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

Courageous

“You have not wasted your time; you have helped to save the world. We are not buffoons, but very desperate men at war with a vast conspiracy.”

Men World War

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Funny

“Tolerance is a virtue of people who don't believe in anything anymore.”

People Believe

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Angry

“There'd be a lot less scandal if people didn't idealize sin and pose as sinners.”

People Morality

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Creative

“All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.”

Literature Metaphor Slang

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Grateful

“The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.”

Honest Poverty

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Funny

“We're all in the same boat, and we're all seasick.”

Boat

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Philosophical

“What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is rather not finding them in the familiar place.”

Men Findings Familiar

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Wise

“Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.”

Men Smart Generous Man

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Philosophical

“Hell is God's great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.”

Reality Choices Dignity

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Funny

“When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it.”

Mean Office Experts

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Funny

“Government has become ungovernable; that is, it cannot leave off governing. Law has become lawless; that is, it cannot see where laws should stop. The chief feature of our time is the meekness of the mob and the madness of the government.”

Government Law Madness

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