Chesterton
Americannoun
noun
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Chesterton observed, you can’t know which fences to remove until you understand why they were built.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
Chesterton, the Catholic apologist, is said to have remarked.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
In his 1908 book, “Orthodoxy,” Chesterton wrote: “Grown-up people aren’t strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
Ms Chesterton had a blood clot in her left leg, which led to her dying of a pulmonary embolism.
From BBC • May 14, 2025
It feels less Darwinian than Swiftian; it calls to mind a long-ago dart attributed to G. K. Chesterton: when there aren’t enough hats to go around, the problem isn’t solved by lopping off some heads.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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