217 ordspråk av G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton
 A building is akin to dogma; it is insolent, like dogma. Whether or no it is permanent, it claims permanence, like a dogma. |
| A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. |
| A dying monarchy is always one that has too much power, not too little; a dying religion always interferes more than it ought, not less. |
| A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. |
| A great deal of contemporary criticism reads to me like a man saying: `Of course I do not like green cheese: I am very fond of brown sherry.' |
| A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been a boy. |
| A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying. |
| A man who has faith must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. |
| A man's opinion on tramcars matters; his opinion on Botticelli matters; his opinion on all things does not matter. |
| A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things. |
| A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching. |
| A yawn is a silent shout. |
| After all / I think I will not hang myself today. |
| All good was a remnant. |
| All government is an ugly necessity. |
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