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> [“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 done. Morris: And what's that? Conjurer: Knowing how to do it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/conjurer-oh-i-don-t-mind-anyone-knowing-everything-miss-carleon-there/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

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## More by G K Chesterton

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/conjurer-oh-i-don-t-mind-anyone-knowing-everything-miss-carleon-there/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

> [“Everywhere we see than men do not go mad by dreaming”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/everywhere-we-see-than-men-do-not-go-mad-by-dreaming/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

> [The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/the-poet-only-desires-exaltation-and-expansion-the-poet-only-asks-to/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

> [“Uncommon sense is common nonsense.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/uncommon-sense-is-common-nonsense/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

> [A L L men are ORDINARY men; the EXTRAORDINARY men are those who KNOW it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/a-l-l-men-are-ordinary-men-the-extraordinary-men-are-those-who-know-it/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

> [The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/the-object-of-a-new-year-is-not-that-we-should-have-a-new-year-it-is/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

> [“The eternal and essential truth is that until we love a thing in all its ugliness we cannot make it beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/the-eternal-and-essential-truth-is-that-until-we-love-a-thing-in-all/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

> [“Now against the specialist, against the man who studies only art or electricity, or the violin, or the thumbscrew or what not, there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/now-against-the-specialist-against-the-man-who-studies-only-art-or/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

> [“It is easy to be solemn, it is so hard to be frivolous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/it-is-easy-to-be-solemn-it-is-so-hard-to-be-frivolous/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

> [“believing in himself is one of the commonest signs of a rotter . . . a man will certainly fail, because he believes in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/believing-in-himself-is-one-of-the-commonest-signs-of-a-rotter-a-man/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

> [I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/i-was-planning-to-go-into-architecture-but-when-i-arrived/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

> [If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for his kind attentions, Go and pour them down the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/if-an-angel-out-of-heaven-brings-you-other-things-to-drink-thank-him/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

> [Just going to church doesn't make you a christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/just-going-to-church-doesn-t-make-you-a-christian-any-more-than/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

> [The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/the-worst-of-work-nowadays-is-what-happens-to-people-when-they-cease/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

> [Some husbands are living proof that a woman can take a joke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton-3/some-husbands-are-living-proof-that-a-woman-can-take-a-joke/)

[G K Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton-3/)

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