Parenting Quotes by G.K. Chesterton

15 Parenting quotes by G.K. Chesterton

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G.K. Chesterton brings his playful paradoxes to the topic of raising children, offering both levity and earnest advice. These 15 quotes balance satire with sincere encouragement for parents seeking balance.

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“Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.”

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“Father Brown: ... one can sometimes do good by being the right person in the wrong place”

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“Father Brown: I never said it was always wrong to enter fairyland, I only said it was always dangerous.”

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“All right,” said Father Brown. “I never said it was always wrong to enter fairyland. I only said it was always dangerous.”

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“Unhappy! of course you'll be unhappy. Who the devil are you that you shouldn't be unhappy, like the mother that bore you?”

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“Father Brown got to his feet, putting his hands behind him. 'Odd, isn't it,' he said, 'that a thief and a vagabond…

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“I mean that we here are on the wrong side of the tapestry,' answered Father Brown. 'The things that happen here do…

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“Father Brown was made of two men. There was a man of action, who was as modest as a primrose and as…

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“The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister. We can be proud of…

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“A man who says that no patriot should attack the [war] until it is over is not worth answering intelligently; he is…

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“There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the place where she was homeless All men are…

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“Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are utterly incapable…

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“The Aristocrat The Devil is a gentleman, and asks you down to stay At his little place at What'sitsname (it isn't far…

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“It’s what I call common sense, properly understood,’ replied Father Brown. ’It really is more natural to believe a preternatural story, that…

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“I don’t think you do,’ said Father Brown, with simplicity. ‘You say this thing was done by spiritual powers. What spiritual powers?…

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