Author: Gilbert K. Chesterton

Quotes

Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades.

Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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