Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

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

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

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A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.

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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

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What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.

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Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.

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The simplification of anything is always sensational.

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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

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There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.

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If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

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I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

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Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

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