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Famous Quotes in History by G K Chesterton - 1


This category is for famous quotes in history by G K Chesterton.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English journalist, author, and critic. He was born on May 29th, 1874 and died June 14th, 1936.

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A Yawn


A yawn is a silent shout.


Adventures


An adventure is only an inconvenience, rightly considered.


Art


Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.


Artistic Temperament


The artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.


Books


There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.


Books


A man knows what style of book he wants to write when he knows nothing else about it.


Courage


There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.


Education


All our schools are finishing schools; they finish what has never been begun.


Fate


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.


Government


Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

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