Quotes Oct 26, 2026

A Much Larger World

G. K. Chesterton on the variety of people encountered in a small community.

The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world.

Source: G. K. Chesterton, Heretics, Chapter XIV: “On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family” (1905).

— G. K. Chesterton, Heretics, Chapter XIV (1905)

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