G. K. Chesterton: "A man running after a hat is not..."

About G. K. Chesterton

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

—G. K. Chesterton

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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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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

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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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If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?

—Linda Ellerbee

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Women have the power of life and death. We, after all, give birth and the fate of humanity is in our hands. That is why men try so hard to rule us, my dear. They know if we once looked well on what they have made of the human existence, we might close our legs and within our barren wombs bring the comedy to an end.

—Alice Borchardt

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I'll bet you one thing, if the man had to have the first baby there wouldn't be but two in the family. Yes sir, let him have the first one and the woman have the next one, and his time wouldn't come around no more.

—Josephine Riley Matthews

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Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.

—Marilyn French

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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

—William Blake

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

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