The old restriction meant that only the orthodox were allowed to discuss religion. Modern liberty means that nobody is allowed to discuss it. Good taste, the last and vilest of human superstitions, has succeeded in silencing us where all the rest have failed.
Gilbert K. ChestertonIn all legends men have thought of women as sublime separately but horrible in a herd.
Gilbert K. ChestertonI am going to hold a pistol to the head of the Modern Man. But I shall not use it to kill himโonly to bring him to life.
Gilbert K. ChestertonI am not fighting a hopeless fight. People who have fought in real fights don't, as a rule.
Gilbert K. ChestertonA society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
Gilbert K. Chesterton[Consider] a fence or gate erected across a road] The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, "I don't see the use of this; let us clear it away." To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: "If you don't see the use of it, I certainly won't let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it."
Gilbert K. Chesterton