Gilbert K. Chesterton Quote Explained: Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being.

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We can be almost certain of being wrong about the future, if we are wrong about the past.

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Research is the search of people who don’t know what they want.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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We are like the penny, because we have the image of the king stamped on us, the divine king.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Every time a man knocks on a brothel door, he is really knocking for God

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Thinking means connecting things, and stops if they cannot be connected.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The man who says, ‘my country right or wrong’ is like the man who says, ‘my mother drunk or sober’

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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To say that a man is an idealist is merely to say that he is a man.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being.

Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being.

We can be almost certain of being wrong about the future, if we are wrong about the past.

Research is the search of people who don’t know what they want.

We are like the penny, because we have the image of the king stamped on us, the divine king.

Every time a man knocks on a brothel door, he is really knocking for God

Thinking means connecting things, and stops if they cannot be connected.

The man who says, ‘my country right or wrong’ is like the man who says, ‘my mother drunk or sober’

To say that a man is an idealist is merely to say that he is a man.

For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.

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Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain

To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Explain

Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain

Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain

The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain

It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being.

Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being.

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