Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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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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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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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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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.
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