G. K. Chesterton Free English Quotations G. K. Chesterton

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There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.
G. K. Chesterton

There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.
G. K. Chesterton

All slang is a metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
G. K. Chesterton

The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.
G. K. Chesterton

If there were no God, there would be no Atheists.
G. K. Chesterton

It is not bigotry to be certain we are right but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.
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.
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Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
G. K. Chesterton

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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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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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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I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.
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Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.
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I believe in getting into hot water it keeps you clean.
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My country, right or wrong, is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, My m
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A good novel tells us the truth about its hero but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
G. K. Chesterton

A room without books is like a body without a soul.
G. K. Chesterton

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