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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

It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Men Running Thinking
Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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Impose Philosophy Telephone
Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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Boy Men Son Unsullied
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Appreciation Gratitude Thank
Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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Dark Flower Sky
Dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.
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Artist Wisdom Wise
There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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Goes Intelligent Trying
Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.
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Book Hero Read
Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers.
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Half Literature Mean
A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Common Faith Inspiration Sense
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
I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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Art Beautiful Beauty
Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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Animal Sacrifice Worship
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Acceptance Knowledge Star
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
The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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Birthday Book Writing