The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
More G. K. Chesterton Quotes
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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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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Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem”.
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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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Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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