549 Quotes by G.K. Chesterton

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

The man who kills a man kills a man. The man who kills himself kills all men. As far as he is concerned, he wipes out the world.

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.

The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht.

Modern women defend their office with all the fierceness of domesticity. They fight for desk and typewriter as for the hearth and home and develop a sort of wolfish wifehood on behalf of the invisible head of the firm. That is why they do office work so well, and that is why they ought not to do it.

Pride juggles with her toppling towers, They strike the sun and cease. But the firm feet of humility, They grip the ground like trees.

Christianity is always out of fashion because it is always sane, and all fashions are mild insanities.

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.

London is a riddle. Paris is an explanation.