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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Biography

Author Profession: Writer
Nationality: English
Born: May 29, 1874
Died: June 14, 1936

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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Half a truth is better than no politics.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.
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