Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.
         

Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.


Gilbert K. Chesterton
Check all other quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Wed. 20 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Truth-must-necessarily-be-stranger-than-fiction-619812>.





Check out


Other quotes of Gilbert K. Chesterton


Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.



God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.



Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.



Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.



I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right



The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.



A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.



When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?



It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.



But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.





Other quotes you may like


But can one actually see beauty with eyes blurred by the lack of almost everything a human being needs?

But can one actually see beauty with eyes blurred by the lack of almost everything a human being needs?



Never speak unless you can improve upon the stupidness of people's silence.

Never speak unless you can improve upon the stupidness of people's silence.



If Nature built by rule and square, Than man what wiser would she be? What wins us is her careless care, And sweet unpunctuality.

If Nature built by rule and square, Than man what wiser would she be? What wins us is her careless care, And sweet unpunctuality.



If power doesn't mean that you have the opportunity to work with the people that you love , then you haven't really got any.

If power doesn't mean that you have the opportunity to work with the people that you love , then you haven't really got any.



Most of these love triangles are wrecktangles.

Most of these love triangles are wrecktangles.



Well I should be sitting in an air-conditioned office in a swivel chair, talking trash to the secretary. Saying, hey now mama, come on over here.

Well I should be sitting in an air-conditioned office in a swivel chair, talking trash to the secretary. Saying, hey now mama, come on over here.



You always question people's intentions. That may be a combination of having money, having fame, and being a little older.

You always question people's intentions. That may be a combination of having money, having fame, and being a little older.



Anything is possible in this universe. It could be that you turn the chair around it's just a glove handcuffed to a bomb, like in Inspector Gadget.

Anything is possible in this universe. It could be that you turn the chair around it's just a glove handcuffed to a bomb, like in Inspector Gadget.



I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools.

I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.". Author of this quote is Gilbert K. Chesterton. This quote is about fiction, truth, mind, stranger than fiction, human mind, creation,.