Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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"Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid."	Miscellaneous
"The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums."	Lies, Men
"Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction; for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it."	Anger, Honesty, Men
"Marriage is an adventure, like going to war."	Age, Military, War
"If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God."	Life, Men, Women
"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered."	Miscellaneous
"All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks."	Art, Excellence
"Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul, but his life."	Happiness, Joy, Life
"People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make."	History, Knowledge, Wisdom
"Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated."	Democracy, Education, Evil
"A stiff apology is a second insult…. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt."	Art, Desires, Insults
"There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous."	Miscellaneous
"Hell is God's great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice."	Choice, Excellence, Freedom
"Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."	Poetry
"Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason why it was put up."	Knowledge, Wisdom
"Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much."	Desires, Wants
"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."	Destiny, Fate, Lies
"It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem."	Miscellaneous
"Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades."	Equality, Friends, Justice
"Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons."	Age, Courage, Men
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Adversity	Age	Ambition
Anger	Art	Beauty
Books	Choice	Courage
Darkness	Death	Democracy
Desires	Destiny	Difficulty
Doubt	Education	Equality
Evil	Excellence	Faith
Fate	Freedom	Friends
Good	Government	Happiness
History	Honesty	Hope
Humor	Insults	Intelligence
Joy	Justice	Knowledge
Laughter	Liberty	Lies
Life	Light	Love
Men	Military	Miscellaneous
Monarchy	Nature	Poetry
Reading	Religion	School
Strength	Teaching	Time
Truth	Wants	War
Wisdom	Wishing	Women