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Chesterton

[ US /ˈtʃɛstɝtən/ ]
NOUN
  1. conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)

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  • The play is in some ways a difficult one: we are left wondering whether or not Chesterton believes in magic; if he does, then the conjurer need not have been so upset that he had gained so much power of a psychic nature; if he does not, then the conjurer was a clever fraud or a brilliant hypnotist. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
  • My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober.". G.K. Chesterton 
  • Owning a castle is the ultimate cach é," says Andrew Hawkins, head of international property at Chesterton Humberts. Challenges of Castle Ownership
  • Chesterton, mystique, mousquetaire de la plume, miroir redresseur de nos travers déformants, humoriste paradoxal et décapant, reste à redécouvrir. Pour le réenchantement du monde - Une introduction à Chesterton
  • I do not believe in fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in fate that falls on them unless they act. G.K. Chesterton 
  • The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic. G.K. Chesterton 
  • Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. G.K. Chesterton 
  • Chesterton said, “Every man who knocks on the door of a brothel is looking for God.” "The Playboy and the Pope"
  • Rudyard Kipling finds a warm spot in Chesterton's heart, but he is a little too militaristic, which is exactly what he is not. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
  • To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it. G. K. Chesterton 
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