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The past is not what it was.

G. K. Chesterton

Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.
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Call Escape Fashion Leaving Tradition
Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
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Champion Enemy Evil Man
No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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Break Command Himself Man Religious
When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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Beginning Dignity Human Ignorance People
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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Lost Love Realization
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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Enemy Friendship God Ourselves
There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Difference Hear Listening
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
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Mystery Poet Silence Subject
CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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Civilization Communication Judgement Speed
There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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Business Difference Ideal State System
The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Man Reality
There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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Call Hate Love Religion Secularism
The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.
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Difference Exception Movement Philosophy Science
I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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Action God Knowledge Myself Practice
The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.
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Goodness Man Meaning Necessary Time Word

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