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All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.

G. K. Chesterton

It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.
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Employment Feminism Freedom Husband Ideas Woman
It is always the secure who are humble.
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Humble One Liner Security
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
A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Oneself Person
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
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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Bad Democracy Education Government
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
Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.
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Fiction Journalism Life Oneself World
There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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Call Hate Love Religion Secularism
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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Difficult Failure Religious Try
Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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Enough Place Removal Yourself
Passion makes every detail important.
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Detail Important Passion
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
Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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Beginning Hope Reason
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
It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution

All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.

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