Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.
G. K. CHESTERTONVariability 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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There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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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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We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
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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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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 things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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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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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
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When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
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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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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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