More quotes by G.K. Chesterton

"A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is ready to toil and die for his convictions if he is not even ready to wear a wreathe around his head for them."
"The Reformer is always right about what's wrong. However, he's often wrong about what is right."
"There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable."
"I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward."
"Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity."