Inspirational Quotes by G.K. Chesterton
“I really feel almost ashamed of having known that he was not quite in his wits, taking account of the utmost I have done with mine.”
“It would be no pleasure to a London tradesman to sell anything which was what he pretended it was.”
“man who reviews his own life, as I do mine, in going on here, from page to page, had need to have been a good man indeed, if he would be spared the sharp consciousness of many talents neglected, many opportunities wasted, many erratic and perverted feelings constantly at war within his breast, and defeating him.”
“Se serei o herói de minha própria vida, ou se essa posição será ocupada por alguma outra pessoa, é o que estas páginas devem mostrar.”
“We went downstairs, one behind another. Near the bottom, somebody fell, and rolled down. Somebody else said it was Copperfield. I was angry at that false report, until, finding myself on my back in the passage, I began to think there might be some foundation for it.”
“found Mr. Waterbrook to be a middle-aged gentleman, with a short throat, and a good deal of shirt-collar, who only wanted a black nose to be the portrait of a pug-dog.”
“The clock ticks over the fireplace, the weather-glass hangs in the hall. Neither clock nor weather-glass is ever right; but we believe in both, devoutly.”
“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o'clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously. In”
“E agora tive a impressão de que minha última âncora estava sendo levantada, e que em pouco tempo eu estaria sendo levado pelos ventos e correntezas.”
“I have been bent and broken, but - I hope – into a better shape.”
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“Quello fu per me un giorno memorabile perché da allora molte cose mutarono nella mia vita. Ma così accade a tutti gli esseri umani. Cercate col pensiero di eliminare un dato giorno speciale della vostra vita e pensate a come diverso potrebbe essere stato il suo corso! Fermati, tu che leggi, e medita per un momento sulla lunga catena di bronzo o d'oro, di spine o di fiori, che mai ti avrebbe soggiogato se in un solo memorabile giorno non si fosse formato e chiuso il primo anello.”
“So new to him,” she muttered, “so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us! Call Estella.”
“I cannot tell you how dependent and uncertain I feel, and how exposed to hundreds of chances. All my expectations depend on one person. And how indefinite and uncertain they are!”
“On the stairs I encountered Wemmick, who was coming down, after an unsuccessful application of his knuckles to my door.”
“I shall always need you, because I shall always love you; but my need is no greater now, than at another time.”
“Assim é que, no decorrer de nossas vidas, nossas maiores fraquezas e mesquinharias costumam ser motivadas pelas pessoas que mais desprezamos.”
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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.