Gilbert K. Chesterton

A room without books is like a body without a soul. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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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. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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