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A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.

G. K. Chesterton

All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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Inspirational Man Ordinary Value Worth
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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Hard Time Perspective Rain Yourself
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
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
O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
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Division Earth Ourselves People Pride
The past is not what it was.
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One Liner Past
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Argument Hate Interrupt Myself Session
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.
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Abolishment Believe Criticism God Government Truth
The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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Choice Darkness Issues Light Side
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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Affair Love Religion Theory
Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Double Grief Happiness Joy Marriage Ourselves
Passion makes every detail important.
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Detail Important Passion
Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
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Afraid Corruption Coward Devil Fake God Spiritual Stupidity
Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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Failure Home Success Work Worth
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Interest Mindset People
We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press… It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.
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Deep Media Silence Validation

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