Gilbert Keith Chesterton:
(London, 29 May 1874 – Beaconsfield, 14 June 1936).
English man of letters and journalist. In his writings, he defended the dignity of the human person against all manner of ‘isms’. His sharp, humour-laden attacks earned him great popularity, but also numerous enemies. His best-known works are Orthodoxy (1908), The Everlasting Man (1925) and the short detective stories Father Brown.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.
