Gilbert K. ChestertonA collection of 72 posts

Politics

Half a truth is better than no politics.

Politics

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes our ancestors. ...

Poetry

All slang is metaphor and all metaphor is poetry.

Poetry

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

Music

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

Money

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

Courage

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

Courage

What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not fi...

Courage

Fable is more historical than fact because fact tells us about one man and fabl...

Courage

Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never fe...