Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer whose prolific and diverse output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, play writing, journalism, public lecturing and debating, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction.
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A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. Go to Quote / Comment
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob. Go to Quote / Comment
Boyhood is a most complex and incomprehensible thing. Even when one has been through it, one does not understand what it was. A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been the boy. Go to Quote / Comment
The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it. Go to Quote / Comment
The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold. Go to Quote / Comment