Best Gilbert K. Chesterton Words
- People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make. Funny
- The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it. Any
- There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell. Cell
- Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. Afflicts
- Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc. Abstention
- Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. Burden
- Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much. Annoyed
- Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are. Feel
- Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt. Buddhism
- Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young. Aged
- Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist. Both
- Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich. Chief
- The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything. Artist
- The only defensible war is a war of defense. Antiwar
- The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar. Class
- When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility. Clearness
- Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes. Inspirational
- All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you… All
- 'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My… Case
- A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man… Affecting
- Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf;… Among
- Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two… Been
- Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps,… Any
- Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If… Animal
- A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of… Anti War
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