Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONI agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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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.
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Christianity met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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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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One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.
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All government is an ugly necessity.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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