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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

A madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Children Justice Love
The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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Education Justice Learning
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Appreciation Gratitude Thank
A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Common Faith Inspiration Sense
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
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Beautiful Girl Love
One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Love Trust Way World
The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school.
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Entirely Men School Stake
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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Grateful Gratitude Life Live
It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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Believe Common Firsts Sense
The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited, but was defined before it existed.
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Error Final Human
Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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Atheism Heaven Nihilism
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Beautiful Beauty Broken Heart
I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
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Bath Believe Practice
It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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Apologetic Arguing Men
The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Birthday Book Writing
At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Art Brain Spiritual

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