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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.

G. K. Chesterton

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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Heart Mindset Object Open
I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities – and found no statues of Committees.
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Committee Myself Search See
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
We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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Boat Each Other Loyalty Terrible
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
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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Adventure Right Wrong
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View
Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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God Religion Stupidity Worship
When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
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Belief Difficult God Heaven Himself
God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Deep God Goodness Religious Symbol
Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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Deep Mistake Truth Understand
If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
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Argument Judgement Mad Man Worst Yourself
The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis.
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Happiness Marriage Struggle
Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Grace Grant Gratitude
It is always the secure who are humble.
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Humble One Liner Security
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.
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Angel Devil Faith Force Forget Fun Gravity Himself Light

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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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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