The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so — G. K. Chesterton
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried. — G. K. Chesterton
Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like joan of arc. — G. K. Chesterton
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its. — G. K. Chesterton
All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them — G. K. Chesterton
All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a — G. K. Chesterton
A stiff apology is a second insult… the injured party does not want to be compensated — G. K. Chesterton
A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without — G. K. Chesterton
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. — G. K. Chesterton
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. — G. K. Chesterton
And they that rule in england, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for england they have no graves as yet. — G. K. Chesterton
Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty. — G. K. Chesterton
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. — G. K. Chesterton
