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Gilbert K. Chesterton
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The only defensible war is a war of defense.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The Museum is not meant either for the wanderer to see by accident or for the pilgrim to see with awe. It is meant for the mere slave of a routine of self-education to stuff himself with every sort of incongruous intellectual food in one indigestible meal.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.