All government is an ugly necessity.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONVery few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Christianity met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.
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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
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Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right
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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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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.
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The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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