Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton quote Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton quote 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.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton quote Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton quote Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton quote Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton quote 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.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton quote It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton quote Biography
Author, lived 1874 - 1936
