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

—G. K. Chesterton

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About G. K. Chesterton

Portrait of G. K. Chesterton

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

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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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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

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Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

—G. K. Chesterton

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

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

—G. K. Chesterton

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In the era of imperialism, businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen.

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He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

—Abraham Lincoln

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There are more of them than us.

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Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.

—H. L. Mencken

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