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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

English - Writer | May 29, 1874 - June 14, 1936

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Teacher Teaching Who Simply Dogmatic

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Great Moment Man Artist Everything

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

History People You Know Nothing See

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Adventure Only Inconvenience Wrongly

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Life Happiness Time Men Soul Broken

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Good Religion You Test Joke About

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Fashion Present Fame Condition

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Truth You Want Matters Out Publish

And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Rule England Graves Met Alas

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Good Mother Son Man War Saying

The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Man Desire Always Most Vulgar Very

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Man Thought End Slave Thinker Call

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