Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
G. K. CHESTERTONBeing a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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It is always the secure who are humble.
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To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
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Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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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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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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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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Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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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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Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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