Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.
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When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
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All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.
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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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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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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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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
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