GK Chesterton

(1874–1936) Journalist

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GK Chesterton was a journalist.

Quick Facts About GK Chesterton

Born: May 29, 1874
Died: June 14, 1936
Profession: Journalist

About GK Chesterton

English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)... | Gilbert Keith Chesterton 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.

Quotes by GK Chesterton

The way to love anything, is to realize it may be lost

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There is no harm in our criticizing foreigners, if only we would also criticize ourselves. In other words, the world might need…

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I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive…

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Christian

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I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that…

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Action

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Fairy tales are more then true.Not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be…

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Modern art has to be what is called intense. it is not easy to define being intense; but, roughly speaking, it means…

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Art

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“Every one of the great revolutionists, from Isaiah to Shelley, have been optimists. They have been indignant, not about the badness of…

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Hope

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“Christianity is itself so jolly a thing that it fills the possessor of it with a certain silly exuberance, which sad and…

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Christianity

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“If he saw two truths that seemed to contradict each other, he would take the two truths and the contradiction along with…

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Contradictions

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