Gilbert K. Chesterton Quote Explained: And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely.

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Dogma does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought.

Dogma

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Any one of the strange laws we suffer is a compromise between a fad and a vested interest.

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A madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Why be something to everybody when you can be everything to somebody?

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Love You

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The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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One can sometimes do good by being the right person in the wrong place.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Persons

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You don’t want to be so open minded that your brains fall out!

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Brain

And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely.

And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely.

Dogma does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought.

Any one of the strange laws we suffer is a compromise between a fad and a vested interest.

A madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason

The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice.

Why be something to everybody when you can be everything to somebody?

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

One can sometimes do good by being the right person in the wrong place.

You don’t want to be so open minded that your brains fall out!

Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you’ll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.

When you go to the cinema you look up, when you watch television you look down.

As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.

I’ve got to watch my back, so I can’t put on too much weight.

And the actors tend not to want to watch themselves very often. I’m one of those guys.

And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely.

And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely.

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