Gilbert K. Chesterton Zitate auf Englisch

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A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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

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Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it.

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The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.

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New roads; new ruts.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Gilbert K. Chesterton