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title: "40 Mean Quotes By Gilbert K. Chesterton"
description: "40 Mean quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton. Plus more from Gilbert K. Chesterton and more Mean sayings from other authors."
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> [A great classic means a man whom one can praise without having read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/a-great-classic-means-a-man-whom-one-can-praise-without-having-read/)

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> [Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/being-a-success-at-work-is-not-worth-it-if-it-means-being-a-failure/)

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> [Playing as children means playing is the most serious thing in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/playing-as-children-means-playing-is-the-most-serious-thing-in-the/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/hope-means-hoping-when-everything-seems-hopeless/)

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> [Faith means believing the unbelievable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/faith-means-believing-the-unbelievable/)

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> [Thinking means connecting things, and stops if they cannot be connected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/thinking-means-connecting-things-and-stops-if-they-cannot-be-connected/)

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> [Whatever the word "great" means, Dickens was what it means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/whatever-the-word-great-means-dickens-was-what-it-means/)

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> [Hope means expectancy when things are otherwise hopeless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/hope-means-expectancy-when-things-are-otherwise-hopeless/)

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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…](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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> [Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/chastity-does-not-mean-abstention-from-sexual-wrong-it-means/)

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> [What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/what-people-call-impartiality-may-simply-mean-indifference-and-what/)

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> [Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/ritual-will-always-mean-throwing-away-something-destroying-our-corn/)

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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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> [Stated baldly, charity certainly means one of two things–pardoning unpardonable acts, or loving unlovable people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/stated-baldly-charity-certainly-means-one-of-two-things-pardoning/)

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> [But since he stood for England And knew what England means, Unless you give him bacon You must not give him beans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/but-since-he-stood-for-england-and-knew-what-england-means-unless-you/)

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> [Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all. And faith means believing the incredible, or it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/hope-means-hoping-when-things-are-hopeless-or-it-is-no-virtue-at-all-2/)

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> [There is no such thing as Success…That a thing is successful merely means that it is; a millionaire is successful in being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/there-is-no-such-thing-as-success-that-a-thing-is-successful-merely/)

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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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> [The real argument against aristocracy is that it always means the rule of the ignorant. For the most dangerous of all forms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-real-argument-against-aristocracy-is-that-it-always-means-the/)

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> [If Christianity should happen to be true - that is to say, if its God is the real God of the universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/if-christianity-should-happen-to-be-true-that-is-to-say-if-its-god-is/)

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> [Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/being-contented-ought-to-mean-in-english-as-it-does-in-french-being/)

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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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> [Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/compromise-used-to-mean-that-half-a-loaf-was-better-than-no-bread/)

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> [We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/we-are-justified-in-enforcing-good-morals-for-they-belong-to-all/)

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> [I never said a word against eminent men of science. What I complain of is a vague popular philosophy which supposes itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/i-never-said-a-word-against-eminent-men-of-science-what-i-complain-of-2/)

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> [ Science only means knowledge; and for \[Greek\] ancients it did only mean knowledge. Thus the favorite science of the Greeks was Astronomy,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/science-only-means-knowledge-and-for-greek-ancients-it-did-only-mean/)

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> [Tradition is only democracy extended through time; it may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/tradition-is-only-democracy-extended-through-time-it-may-be-defined/)

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> [The great ideals of the past failed not by being outlived (which must mean over-lived), but by not being lived enough. Mankind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-great-ideals-of-the-past-failed-not-by-being-outlived-which-must/)

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> [A turkey is more occult and awful than all the angels and archangels. In so far as God has partly revealed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/a-turkey-is-more-occult-and-awful-than-all-the-angels-and-archangels/)

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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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> [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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> [A tragedy means always a mans struggle with that which is stronger than man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/a-tragedy-means-always-a-mans-struggle-with-that-which-is-stronger/)

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> [By experts in poverty I do not mean sociologists, but poor men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/by-experts-in-poverty-i-do-not-mean-sociologists-but-poor-men/)

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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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> [Every man speaks of public opinion, and means by public opinion, public opinion minus his opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/every-man-speaks-of-public-opinion-and-means-by-public-opinion-public/)

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> [Though the academic authorities are actually proud of conducting everything by means of Examinations, they seldom indulge in what religious people used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/though-the-academic-authorities-are-actually-proud-of-conducting/)

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> [The man of the true religious tradition understands two things: liberty and obedience. The first means knowing what you really want. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-man-of-the-true-religious-tradition-understands-two-things/)

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> [To desire money is much nobler than to desire success. Desiring money may mean desiring to return to your country, or marry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/to-desire-money-is-much-nobler-than-to-desire-success-desiring-money/)

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> [Either criticism is no good at all (a very defensible position) or else criticism means saying about an author the very things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/either-criticism-is-no-good-at-all-a-very-defensible-position-or-else/)

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> [ When \[a politician\] is in opposition, he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/when-a-politician-is-in-opposition-he-is-an-expert-on-the-means-to-2/)

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## Other authors on Mean

## More by Gilbert K. Chesterton

> [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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