A blog dedicated to providing quotes by and posts relating to one of the most influential (and quotable!) authors of the twentieth century, G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936). If you do not know much about GKC, I suggest visiting the webpage of the American Chesterton Society as well as this wonderful Chesterton Facebook Page by a fellow Chestertonian

I also have created a list detailing examples of the influence of Chesterton if you are interested, that I work on from time to time.

(Moreover, for a list of short GKC quotes, I have created one here, citing the sources)

"...Stevenson had found that the secret of life lies in laughter and humility."

-Heretics (1905)
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Saturday, November 24, 2012

That explains it....

In the beginning of the twentieth century you could not see the ground for clever men. They were so common that a stupid man was quite exceptional, and when they found him they followed him in crowds down the street and treasured him and gave him some high post in the State.

-The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904)

4 comments:

coffeepotcurve said...

That makes perfect sense! Now I get it! :)

Mike said...

Heh. :-)

Nzie said...

Just reread NoNH! Such an amazing story. The whole thing is magnificent but the beginning and end are truly amazing. :-) I like to think of myself as playing Cheat the Prophet (I am, I suppose, rustic like a Shropshireman, in some sense..).

Mike said...

Heh. Yes, I agree with you there about NoNH. :-) Though it's been a while since I've read it all the way through....I suppose I need to re-read it.