 Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
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| Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| New roads; new ruts. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| The ordinary scientific man is strictly a sentimentalist. He is a sentimentalist in this essential sense, that he is soaked and swept away by mere associations. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
