G. K. Chesterton Quotes

“Democracy tells us not to neglect a good man's opinion, even if he is our groom; tradition asks us not to neglect a good man's opinion, even if he is our father.”

― G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

topic:democracy opinion respect

“a fundamental quality in the female tradition . . . The proper name for the thing is modesty; but as we live in an age of prejudice and must not call things by their right names, we will yield to a more modern nomenclature and call it dignity.”

― G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World

“Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste.”

― G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World

topic:poetry

“The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits.”

― G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

topic:poetry

“What is wrong is that we do not ask what is right.”

― G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World

topic:right wrong

“if a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.”

― G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World

topic:worth

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