The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life. — G. K. Chesterton
The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it. — G. K. Chesterton
The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything. — G. K. Chesterton
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid. — G. K. Chesterton
The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before. — G. K. Chesterton
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it. — G. K. Chesterton
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. — G. K. Chesterton
The purpose of compulsory education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense. — G. K. Chesterton
The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground. — G. K. Chesterton
The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar. — G. K. Chesterton
The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it. — G. K. Chesterton
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. — G. K. Chesterton
They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. — G. K. Chesterton
We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end. — G. K. Chesterton
What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; — G. K. Chesterton
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. — G. K. Chesterton
When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility. — G. K. Chesterton