Quotes by G. K. Chesterton
3 quotes by G. K. Chesterton (died 1936), taken from 2 works. Each is given word for word, with its work, its passage and its source.
Works quoted: Tremendous Trifles and Orthodoxy.
Tremendous Trifles
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“I will sit still and let the marvels and the adventures settle on me like flies. There are plenty of them, I assure you. The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.”
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“The way to love anything is to realise that it might be lost.”
Orthodoxy
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“The test of all happiness is gratitude; and I felt grateful, though I hardly knew to whom.”