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There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

G. K. Chesterton

Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Discipline Fear Happiness Promise Trouble Weird
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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Handle Serious Under
Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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God Religion Stupidity Worship
When a woman puts up her fists to a man she is putting herself in the only posture in which he is not afraid of her.
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Afraid Himself Man Woman
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Hope Inspirational Magic Miracle
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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Bad Democracy Education Government
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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Believe Cleaning Perspective Water
The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Age Forget Gold Man
There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Difference Hear Listening
It is always the secure who are humble.
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Humble One Liner Security
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
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Around Death Democracy Tradition Vote Walk
A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Destruction Society Transition
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
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
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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Command Government Man Rule
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Argument Hate Interrupt Myself Session

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