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G. K. Chesterton

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English Christian apologist writer. Chesterton's wit, paradoxical style, and defence of tradition made him a dominant figure in early 20th-century literature.

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Quotes from G. K. Chesterton

Beware of no man more than yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

—G. K. Chesterton

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.

—G. K. Chesterton

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

—G. K. Chesterton

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

—G. K. Chesterton

For us who live in cities Nature is not natural. Nature is supernatural. Just as monks watched and strove to get a glimpse of heaven, so we watch and strive to get a glimpse of earth.

—G. K. Chesterton

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

—G. K. Chesterton

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

—G. K. Chesterton

Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

—G. K. Chesterton

America is the only nation in the world that is founded on a creed. That creed is set forth with dogmatic and even theological lucidity in the Declaration of Independence.

—G. K. Chesterton

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.

—G. K. Chesterton

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

—G. K. Chesterton

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

—G. K. Chesterton

A man running after a hat is not half so ridiculous as a man running after a woman.

—G. K. Chesterton

He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical.

—G. K. Chesterton

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

—G. K. Chesterton