14 Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton about Mean



  • Author Gilbert K. Chesterton
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    The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer means being right; it practically means being wrong

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  • Author Gilbert K. Chesterton
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    Stated baldly, charity certainly means one of two things–pardoning unpardonable acts, or loving unlovable people.

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  • Author Gilbert K. Chesterton
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    Either criticism is no good at all (a very defensible position) or else criticism means saying about an author the very things that would have made him jump out of his boots.

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  • Author Gilbert K. Chesterton
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    The old restriction meant that only the orthodox were allowed to discuss religion. Modern liberty means that nobody is allowed to discuss it. Good taste, the last and vilest of human superstitions, has succeeded in silencing us where all the rest have failed.

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