Gilbert Keith Chesterton
England
29 May 1874 // 14 Jun 1936
Writer
29 May 1874 // 14 Jun 1936
Writer
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To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school
There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner
Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise
It's not the world that's gotten so much worse, but the news coverage that's gotten so much better
If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself . . . that a tiger is an optical illusion - well, he will find out he is wrong. The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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