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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Biography

Author Profession: Writer
Nationality: English
Born: May 29, 1874
Died: June 14, 1936

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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
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There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
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A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.
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Half a truth is better than no politics.
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It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.
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Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.
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