Inspirational Quotes by G.K. Chesterton
“Many hunger-worn outcasts close their eyes in our bare streets at such times, who, let their crimes have been what they may, can hardly open them in a more bitter world.”
“That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron and gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.”
“He cross-examined his very wine when he had nothing else at hand.”
“Ablamın öfkeleri için bir şey söylemem gerekirse (ki tanıdığım bütün huysuz kadınlar için böyledir) ablam öfkeye yakalanmazdı. Öfkeye yakalanıp kendinden geçeceği yerde, öfkesini kendi yakalayarak körüklemek için bile bile akıl almaz çabalar harcar; düzenli aşamalarla gazaba gelerek dünyayı görmez olurdu.”
“It was Christmas Eve, and I had to stir the pudding for the next day with a copper stick, from seven to eight by the Dutch clock.”
“—¿Por qué no lloras ahora, pequeño miserable? —Porque no lloraré más por usted”
“so you’re the blacksmith, are you? Then I’m sorry to say, I’ve eat your pie.” “God knows you’re welcome to it—so far as it was ever mine,” returned Joe, with a saving remembrance of Mrs. Joe. “We don’t know what you have done, but we wouldn’t have you starved to death for it, poor miserable fellow-creature.—Would us, Pip?”
“I have been bent and broken, but - I hope – into a better shape.”
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“Era a primeira vez que uma sepultura se abria na estrada da minha vida, e o rombo que ela formou na superfície lisa era extraordinário.”
“me era imposible mirarla sin sentir compasión, pues advertía que estaba muy castigada al haberse convertido en una ruina, por no tener ningún lugar en la tierra en que había nacido; por la vanidad del dolor, que había sido su principal manía, como la vanidad de la penitencia, del remordimiento y de la indignidad, así como otras monstruosas vanidades que han sido otras tantas maldiciones en este mundo.”
“Heavens knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.”
“The terrors that had assailed me whenever Mrs. Joe had gone near the pantry, or out of the room, were only to be equalled by the remorse with which my mind dwelt on what my hands had done.”
“Taip per visą gyvenimą mes darome žemus ir menkus poelgius, baimindamiesi tų, kurių visiškai nevertiname.”
“Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has Great Expectations.”
“Out of my thoughts!You are part of my existence,part of myself,you have been in every line I have ever read.”
“Saçmalık bu," dedi Estella. "Saçmalık. Ha deyinceye kadar geçer gider bu üzüntün." "Ah, Estella, hiçbir zaman!" "Bir haftaya kalmaz, unutur gidersin beni." "Unutup gitmek mi? Ah, Estella, benim varlığımın, öz benliğimin parçasısın sen.”
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton was one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.
Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox". Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out.