All Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
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There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.
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When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.
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If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.
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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 most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men.
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People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.
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The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.
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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.
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Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
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There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.
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