Gilbert Keith Chesterton, (1874-1936) British essayist, critic, poet, and novelist Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [31-33] of 33 Gilbert Keith Chesterton quotesGilbert Keith Chesterton QuotesGilbert Keith Chesterton Previous 30 quotes If our social conditions curtail manhood and womanhood, we must alter the social conditions. We must not go on quietly in a corner making men unmanly and women unwomanly, that they may fit into their filthy and slavish civilization.~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Byzantines hammered away at their hard and orthodox symbols, because they could not be in a mood to believe that men could take a hint. The moderns drag out into lengths and reels of extravagance their new orthodoxy of being unorthodox, because they also cannot give a hint -- or take a hint. Yet all perfect and well-poised art is really a hint.~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton Truth is sacred and if you tell the truth too often nobody will believe it.~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton Previous 30 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print