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All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is dead; but the darker secret of why he is alive.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Error Final Human
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Appreciation Gratitude Thank
A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Crow Duality Thorn
All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is dead; but the darker secret of why he is alive.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Men Secret Sublime
It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.
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Men Running Thinking
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Acceptance Knowledge Star
A child’s instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child’s hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Christian Orthodoxy Sin
When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
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Failure Trouble World
It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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Apologetic Arguing Men
I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Bath Believe Practice
Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes people forget themselves in the presence of something greater than themselves.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Ancient Pride Unfreese
Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Hope Mean Things Unbelievable
Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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Boy Men Son Unsullied
All government is an ugly necessity.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Government Necessity Ugly
The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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Christian Order Running
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

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