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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.
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Virtue is not the absence of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, like pain or a particular smell.
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There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.
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When men stop believing in God they don’t believe in nothing; they believe in anything.

widely attributed, although not traced in his works; first recorded as ‘The first effect of not believing in God is to believe in anything’ in Emile Cammaerts Chesterton: The Laughing Prophet (1937)

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

in New York Times 1 February 1931, pt. 5

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AM IN MARKET HARBOROUGH. WHERE OUGHT i TO BE?

telegram to his wife in London

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To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914)

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Journalism largely consists in saying ‘Lord Jones Dead’ to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.

The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914)

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

What’s Wrong with the World (1910) pt. 4 ‘Folly and Female Education’

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The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.

What’s Wrong with the World (1910) pt. 1 ‘The Unfinished Temple’

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the most prolific and influential intellectuals in early 20th-century England. His work spans poetry, fiction (notably the Father Brown stories), essays, criticism, and Christian apologetics. Chesterton was a master of paradox and aphorism, using his wit and intelligence to defend conservative ideas and the Christian faith. His personality was as striking as his writing; he was described as a portly man, with a jovial appearance and a brilliant, inquisitive mind. He fought against what he saw as the decline of rational and spiritual thought in modern society, advocating for traditional values and human dignity.