Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
G. K. CHESTERTONIt is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
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Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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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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