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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes (487 quotes)

“A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.”
―Gilbert K. Chesterton

“A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.”
―Gilbert K. Chesterton

“A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.”
―Gilbert K. Chesterton

“A yawn is a silent shout.”
―Gilbert K. Chesterton

“All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.”
―Gilbert K. Chesterton

“All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.”
―Gilbert K. Chesterton

“And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet.”
―Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.”
―Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.”
―Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.”
―Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.”
―Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.”
―Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Born: May 29, 1874

Died: June 14, 1936 (aged 62)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Writer, journalist, novelist, essayist

Bio: Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer. He published works on philosophy, ontology, poetry, plays, journalism, public lectures and debates, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction.

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