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Gilbert K. Chesterton Facts
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton, better known as G.K. Chesterton, was an English writer. He wrote on philosophy, ontology, poetry, plays, journalism, public lectures and debates, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox."Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out." (1874 – 1936) |
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Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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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
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The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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