Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: May 29, 1874 - June 14, 1936
Birthday: May 29
Death: June 14
No one can understand Paris and its history who does not understand that its fierceness is the balance and justification of its frivolity. It is called a city of pleasure; but it may also very specially be called a city of pain. The crown of roses is also a crown of thorns. Its people are too prone to hurt others, but quite ready also to hurt themselves. They are martyrs for religion, they are martyrs for irreligion; they are even martyrs for immorality.
topic: Hurt, Pain, Cities, Frivolity, Irreligion, Fierceness, Crown Of Thorns
