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Chesterton

American

[ches-ter-tuhn] / ˈtʃɛs tər tən /

noun

G(ilbert) K(eith), 1874–1936, English essayist, critic, and novelist.

Chesterton British

/ ˈtʃɛstətən /

noun

G ( ilbert ) K ( eith ). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic

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Chesterton nailed it when he said “the great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, for all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Chesterton observed, you can’t know which fences to remove until you understand why they were built.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Chesterton famously warned, it is folly to tear down a fence before discovering why it was built.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

For Mrs Chesterton, what she and her husband would like to see happen is straightforward.

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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