The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONModern 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.
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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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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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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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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There is no better test of a man’s ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong… A stiff apology is a second insult.
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Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes people forget themselves in the presence of something greater than themselves.
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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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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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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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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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