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Famous Quotes By G. K. Chesterton - 4

This is page 4 of famous quotes made by the English journalist, author, and critic, Gilbet Keith Chesterton.

An adventure is only an inconvenience, rightly considered.

Optimism: the noble temptation to see too much in everything.

'My country, right or wrong' is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober'.

It is better to speak wisdom foolishly like the saints than to speak folly wisely like the deans.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

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.

The golden age only comes to men when they have, if only for a moment, forgotten gold.

The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.

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

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

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Truth is very precious, so salesmen and politicians use it very sparingly.

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