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Letter "G" » G. K. Chesterton Quotes
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«And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.»
«The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.»
Author: G. K. Chesterton
(Critic, Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Education
| Keywords:
commonsense, common people, compulsory, Compulsory education, deprive, People of
«We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.»
«There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.»
«Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.»
«Coincidences are spiritual puns.»
Author: G. K. Chesterton
(Critic, Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
coincidences, punning, Puns, spiritual, spiritual being
«Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.»
Author: G. K. Chesterton
(Critic, Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Aristocracy,
Democracy
| Keywords:
aristocracies, aristocracy, badly, democracy, educated, uneducated
«Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.»
Author: G. K. Chesterton
(Critic, Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Happiness
| Keywords:
nurseries, nursery, saved, The Nursery
«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.»
Author: G. K. Chesterton
(Critic, Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
believe in, falls, Fall of Man, fate, however, The Fall of Man
«What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to read.»
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