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
It invites a sense of gratitude—which Chesterton fittingly defined as happiness doubled by wonder—for the gift of life and the chance to live it well.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
Emily Chesterton was told the calf pain she was experiencing in October 2022 was a sprain but it was in fact a blood clot.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025
He visited Bobby in the jail and gave him a copy of The Apostle of Common Sense, a book about the writer G. K. Chesterton, which covered various matters of religion and culture.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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