Inspirational Quotes by G.K. Chesterton
“I shall always need you, because I shall always love you; but my need is no greater now, than at another time.”
“I have often thought that few people know what secrecy there is in the young under terror”
“How could I, a poor dazed village lad, avoid that wonderful inconsistency into which the best and wisest of men fall every day?”
“La incalificable verdad es que cuando amaba a Estella con amor de hombre, la amaba sólo y sencillamente por considerarla irresistible.”
“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.”
“Pride is not all of one kind.”
“I looked as grateful as any boy possibly could, who was wholly uninformed why he ought to assume the expression.”
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I”
“Estaba seguro de que su belleza habría sido imposible careciendo de corazón.”
“Como si yo les pidiera por favor que se dedicaran a hacerme la vida imposible.”
“I said I could not deny that this was a strong point. I said it (people often do so, in such cases) like a rather reluctant concession to truth and justice; - as if I wanted to deny it!”
“¡Calla! No quiero saber nada acerca de las fechas. Que venga pronto contigo.”
“Rytas mano gyvenimo perspektyvą nuspalvino nauja spalva ir taip pašviesino, kad viskas atrodė kur kas geriau. Labiausiai sąmonę dabar slėgė mintys apie tas šešias dienas, kurios skyrė mane nuo išvykimo, nes niekaip negalėjau nuvyti šalin būkštavimų, kad per tą laiką Londonui kas nors atsitiks ir tenai nuvykęs rasių jį labai sumenkusį arba visai pradingusį.”
“On the stairs I encountered Wemmick, who was coming down, after an unsuccessful application of his knuckles to my door.”
“Heavens knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.”
“But I loved Joe—perhaps for no better reason in those early days than because the dear fellow let me love him”
“Ablamın verdiği terbiye beni çekingen, içli bir çocuk yapmıştı. Kimin tarafından yetiştirilirse yetiştirilsin, bir çocuğun küçücük evreninde en derinden sezilen, en ince algılanan şey, haksızlıktır. Çocuğa yapılan haksızlık küçücük bir şey olabilir. Ne var ki çocuk da, çocuğun dünyası da küçücüktür; bu ölçüler içinde çocuğun tahta atı en iri küheylanların boyundadır. Ablamın o esintili, hırslı baskısıyla bana haksızlık ettiğini, kendimi bildiğimden beri biliyordum.”
“Herbert Pocket had a frank and easy way with him that was very taking. I had never seen anyone then, and I have never seen anyone since, who more strongly expressed to me, in every look and tone, a natural incapacity to do anything secret and mean. There was something wonderfully hopeful about his general air, and something that at the same time whispered to me he would never be very successful or rich.”
“I have often thought that few people know what secrecy there is in the young under terror. No matter how unreasonable the terror, so that it be terror.”
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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.