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title: "39 Doe Quotes By Gilbert K. Chesterton"
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> [If a man does not talk to himself, it is because he is not worth talking to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/if-a-man-does-not-talk-to-himself-it-is-because-he-is-not-worth/)

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> [Ivory may not be so white as snow, but the whole Arctic continent does not make ivory black.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/ivory-may-not-be-so-white-as-snow-but-the-whole-arctic-continent-does/)

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> [Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad, but chess players do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/imagination-does-not-breed-insanity-exactly-what-does-breed-insanity-2/)

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> [Too much capitalism does not mean too many capitalists, but too few capitalists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/too-much-capitalism-does-not-mean-too-many-capitalists-but-too-few/)

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> [Shouldn't atheist have an equal obligation to explain pleasure in a world of randomness. Where does pleasure come from?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/shouldn-t-atheist-have-an-equal-obligation-to-explain-pleasure-in-a/)

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> [It is very good for a man to talk about what he does not understand; as long as he understands that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/it-is-very-good-for-a-man-to-talk-about-what-he-does-not-understand/)

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> [A good man's work is effected by doing what he does, a woman's by being what she is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/a-good-man-s-work-is-effected-by-doing-what-he-does-a-woman-s-by/)

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> [When a man ceases to believe in god, he does not believe in nothing. He believes in everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/when-a-man-ceases-to-believe-in-god-he-does-not-believe-in-nothing-he/)

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> [There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect. Men do not quarrel about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/there-is-a-road-from-the-eye-to-the-heart-that-does-not-go-through-2/)

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> [Making the landlord and the tenant the same person has certain advantages, as that the tenant pays no rent, while the landlord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/making-the-landlord-and-the-tenant-the-same-person-has-certain/)

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> [The aesthete aims at harmony rather than beauty. If his hair does not match the mauve sunset against which he is standing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-aesthete-aims-at-harmony-rather-than-beauty-if-his-hair-does-not/)

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> [The most important fact about the subject of education is that there is no such thing. Education is not a subject and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-most-important-fact-about-the-subject-of-education-is-that-there/)

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> [Boyhood is a most complex and incomprehensible thing. Even when one has been through it, one does not understand what it was.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/boyhood-is-a-most-complex-and-incomprehensible-thing-even-when-one/)

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> [I despise Birth-Control first because it is ... an entirely meaningless word; and is used so as to curry favour even with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/i-despise-birth-control-first-because-it-is-an-entirely-meaningless/)

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> [There is no obligation on us to be richer, or busier, or more efficient, or more productive, or more progressive, or any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/there-is-no-obligation-on-us-to-be-richer-or-busier-or-more-efficient/)

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> [A modern man may disapprove of some of his sweeping reforms, and approve others; but finds it difficult not to admire even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/a-modern-man-may-disapprove-of-some-of-his-sweeping-reforms-and/)

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> [Every true artist does feel, consciously or unconsciously, that he is touching transcendental truths; that his images are shadows of things seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/every-true-artist-does-feel-consciously-or-unconsciously-that-he-is/)

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> [Tradition does not mean a dead town; it does not mean that the living are dead but that the dead are alive.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/tradition-does-not-mean-a-dead-town-it-does-not-mean-that-the-living/)

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> [It is true that there is a thing crudely called charity, which means charity to the deserving poor; but charity to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/it-is-true-that-there-is-a-thing-crudely-called-charity-which-means/)

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> [A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been reversed. Nowadays the part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/a-man-was-meant-to-be-doubtful-about-himself-but-undoubting-about-the-2/)

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> [No one can understand Paris and its history who does not understand that its fierceness is the balance and justification of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/no-one-can-understand-paris-and-its-history-who-does-not-understand/)

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> [A building is akin to dogma; it is insolent, like dogma. Whether or no it is permanent, it claims permanence, like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/a-building-is-akin-to-dogma-it-is-insolent-like-dogma-whether-or-no/)

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> [Exactly what the fairy tale does is this: it accustoms him for a series of clear pictures to the idea that these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/exactly-what-the-fairy-tale-does-is-this-it-accustoms-him-for-a/)

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> [ Exactly what the fairy tale does is this: it accustoms \[the child\] to the idea that these limitless terrors had a limit,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/exactly-what-the-fairy-tale-does-is-this-it-accustoms-the-child-to/)

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> ["The Universe repeats itself, with the possible exception of history." Of all earthly studies history is the only one that does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-universe-repeats-itself-with-the-possible-exception-of-history-of/)

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> [Folk-lore means that the soul is sane, but that the universe is wild and full of marvels. Realism means that the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/folk-lore-means-that-the-soul-is-sane-but-that-the-universe-is-wild/)

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> [Meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain. Meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/meaninglessness-does-not-come-from-being-weary-of-pain/)

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> [Dogma does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/dogma-does-not-mean-the-absence-of-thought-but-the-end-of-thought/)

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> [Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/where-does-a-wise-man-kick-a-pebble-on-the-beach-where-does-a-wise/)

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> [Not only does "orthodox" no longer mean being right, it practically means being wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/not-only-does-orthodox-no-longer-mean-being-right-it-practically/)

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> [A nation is not going mad when it does extravagant things, so long as it does them in an extravagant spirit. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/a-nation-is-not-going-mad-when-it-does-extravagant-things-so-long-as/)

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> [Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. I am not, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/poets-do-not-go-mad-but-chess-players-do-mathematicians-go-mad-and/)

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> [The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-free-man-owns-himself-he-can-damage-himself-with-either-eating-or/)

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> [There are many definite methods, honest and dishonest, which make people rich; the only instinct I know of which does it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/there-are-many-definite-methods-honest-and-dishonest-which-make/)

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> [A man making the confession of any creed worth ten minutes' intelligent talk, is always a man who gains something and gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/a-man-making-the-confession-of-any-creed-worth-ten-minutes/)

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> [There is a case for telling the truth; there is a case for avoiding the scandal; but there is no possible defense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/there-is-a-case-for-telling-the-truth-there-is-a-case-for-avoiding/)

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> [Leaving the complications of the human breakfast-table out of account, in an elemental sense, the egg only exists to produce the chicken.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/leaving-the-complications-of-the-human-breakfast-table-out-of-account/)

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> [A man making the confession of any creed worth ten minutes' intelligent talk, is always a man who gains something and gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/a-man-making-the-confession-of-any-creed-worth-ten-minutes-2/)

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> [...But nature does not say that cats are more valuable than mice; nature makes no remark on the subject. She does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/but-nature-does-not-say-that-cats-are-more-valuable-than-mice-nature/)

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## Other authors on Doe

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> [The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-aim-of-good-prose-words-is-to-mean-what-they-say-the-aim-of-good/)

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> [Youth is always too serious, and just now it is too serious about frivolity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/youth-is-always-too-serious-and-just-now-it-is-too-serious-about/)

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> [Tradition does not mean a dead town; it does not mean that the living are dead but that the dead are alive. It means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/tradition-does-not-mean-a-dead-town-it-does-not-mean-that-the-living/)

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> [It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/it-is-shorter-to-state-the-things-forbidden-than-the-things-permitted/)

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> [Everyone seems to assume that the unscrupulous parts of journalism will be the frivolous or jocular parts. This is against all ethical experience. Jokes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/everyone-seems-to-assume-that-the-unscrupulous-parts-of-journalism/)

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> [For Scotland has a double dose of the poison called heredity; the sense of blood in the aristocrat, the sense of doom in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/for-scotland-has-a-double-dose-of-the-poison-called-heredity-the/)

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> [Faith is always at a disadvantage; it is a perpetually defeated thing which survives all conquerors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/faith-is-always-at-a-disadvantage-it-is-a-perpetually-defeated-thing/)

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> [A building is akin to dogma; it is insolent, like dogma. Whether or no it is permanent, it claims permanence, like a dogma. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/a-building-is-akin-to-dogma-it-is-insolent-like-dogma-whether-or-no/)

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> [The triangle of truisms, of father, mother and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-triangle-of-truisms-of-father-mother-and-child-cannot-be/)

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> [Criticism is only words about words, and of what use are words about such words as these?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/criticism-is-only-words-about-words-and-of-what-use-are-words-about/)

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> [What we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place...The old humility was a spur that prevented a man from stopping; not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/what-we-suffer-from-today-is-humility-in-the-wrong-place-the-old/)

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> [Plato was only a Bernard Shaw who unfortunately made his jokes in Greek.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/plato-was-only-a-bernard-shaw-who-unfortunately-made-his-jokes-in/)

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> [The word good has many meanings...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-word-good-has-many-meanings/)

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> [Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/music-with-dinner-is-an-insult-both-to-the-cook-and-the-violinist/)

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> [Eugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs; and also so clever that they can manage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/eugenics-asserts-that-all-men-must-be-so-stupid-that-they-cannot/)

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