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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.

G. K. Chesterton

Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Brain Fall Open Minded Stupidity Yourself
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?
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Children Gratitude Ourselves Time
The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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Man Philosophy Secret Understand
Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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Choice Gratitude Life Yourself
Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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Ignorance Language Meaning Reference Word
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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Enemy Friendship God Ourselves
A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Construction Creation Existence Love
We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
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Fear God Man Scare Thinking
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Eyes Heart Intellectual Road
It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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Hang Politics Terrible
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Interest Mindset People
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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Adventure Right Wrong
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
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Fight Hate Himself Love Soldier True
It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.
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Employment Feminism Freedom Husband Ideas Woman

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