Top 143 Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton

About Gilbert K. Chesterton

These are some quotes by English author Gilbert K. Chesterton, who lived between May 29, 1874 and June 14, 1936.

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Half a truth is better than no politics.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

Gilbert K. Chesterton

The simplification of anything is always sensational.

The simplification of anything is always sensational.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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