“Fairy tales are the only democratic institutions. All the classes have heard all the fairy tales.” — G K Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Conjurer: Oh, I don't mind anyone knowing everything, Miss Carleon. There is something that is much more important than knowing how a thing is… — G K Chesterton Copy Share Image
The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks… — G K Chesterton Copy Share Image
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul — G K Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The eternal and essential truth is that until we love a thing in all its ugliness we cannot make it beautiful.” — G K Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Now against the specialist, against the man who studies only art or electricity, or the violin, or the thumbscrew or what not, there is only one really important argument, and that, for some reason or other, is never offered. People say that specialists are inhuman; but that is unjust. People say an expert is not a man; but that is… — G K Chesterton Copy Share
“believing in himself is one of the commonest signs of a rotter . . . a man will certainly fail, because he believes in… — G K Chesterton Copy Share Image
I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed… — G K Chesterton Copy Share Image
If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for his kind attentions, Go and pour them down the… — G K Chesterton Copy Share Image
![“I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead. [On his college registration experience]” quote by G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/114/g-k-chesterton-3-26174_acting_i-was-planning-to-go-into-architecture-b_1341736.jpg)
