Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

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

Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer's day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.

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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

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Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.

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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

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Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

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Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.

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The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.

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I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead.

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The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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