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G. K. Chesterton

@GKCdaily

Writer. Thinker. Poet. (1874-1936)

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One of the truths that grow truer as a man's experience accumulates is this very old one: that men need a religion primarily to prevent them from worshipping idols.

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GK Chesterton breathing fire here. Everyone calling himself 'conservative' must read. From Orthodoxy:

'All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of…

GK Chesterton breathing fire here. Everyone calling himself 'conservative' must read. From Orthodoxy: 'All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of…
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It is obvious that all marriages are imprudent marriages; just as all births are imprudent births. If prudence is your main concern, or if (in other words) you are a coward, it is certainly better not to be married; and even better not to be born.

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The modern habit of saying 'Every man has a different philosophy; this is my philosophy and it suits me' β€” the habit of saying this is mere weak-mindedness. A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos.

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The thing that really contradicts Communism is not Capitalism, but a small property as it exists for a small farmer or a small shop-keeper.

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There never was a power so great as the power of the Press. There never was a belief so superstitious as the universal belief in the Press. Maybe future centuries will call these the Dark Ages, and see a vast mystical delusion spreading its black bats' wings over all our cities.

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My favorite book of all time. Yes, Chesterton's best known for the Father Brown stories and for Orthodoxy, but if you like Chesterton, you really have to read 'The Ballad of the White Horse' G. K. Chesterton Society of GK Chesterton

My favorite book of all time. Yes, Chesterton's best known for the Father Brown stories and for Orthodoxy, but if you like Chesterton, you really have to read 'The Ballad of the White Horse' @GKCdaily @chestertonsoc
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense has really become very uncommon. Straightforward ideas appear strange or unfamiliar, and any thought that does not follow the conventional curve or twist, is supposed to be a sort of joke.

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A man making experiments in chemistry must expect chemical explosions, and a man making experiments in ethics must expect ethical explosions.

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