Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

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

—G. K. Chesterton

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

—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

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

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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.

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Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log.

—Ellen DeGeneres

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Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.

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Upscale people are fixated with food simply because they are now able to eat so much of it without getting fat, and the reason they don't get fat is that they maintain a profligate level of calorie expenditure. The very same people whose evenings begin with melted goat cheese… get up at dawn to run, break for a midmorning aerobics class, and watch the evening news while racing on a stationary bicycle.

—Barbara Ehrenreich

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