Character Quotes by G.K. Chesterton

16 Character quotes by G.K. Chesterton

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G.K. Chesterton’s sixteen observations weave paradox with clarity, inviting readers to reconsider the essence of personal integrity. His distinctive voice adds a literary flair to the exploration of character.

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“People always brag about their vices; it is when they begin to brag about their virtues that they become insufferable.”

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“Man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.”

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“If there is one thing worse that the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals.”

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“You irritate me sublimely. What can it be in me? Is it the relic of a moral sense?”

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“For the moral basis, it is obvious that man's ethical responsibility varies with his knowledge of consequences”

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“Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.”

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“The modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad. The virtues have gone mad because they have been isolated…

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“Let us then, by all means, be proud of the virtues that we have not got; but let us not be too…

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“In the best Utopia, I must be prepared for the moral fall of any man in any position at any moment; especially…

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“Virtue is not the absence of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain…

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“A man treats his own faults as original sin and supposes them scattered everywhere with the seed of Adam. He supposes that…

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“For when once people have begun to believe that prosperity is the reward of virtue, their next calamity is obvious. If prosperity…

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“Morality did not begin by one man saying to another, "I will not hit you if you do not hit me"; there…

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“The pagan, or rational, virtues are such things as justice and temperance, and Christianity has adopted them. The three mystical virtues which…

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“We are fond of talking about 'liberty'; but the way we end up actually talking of it is an attempt to avoid…

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“The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and…

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