The scientific facts, which were supposed to contradict the faith in the nineteenth century, are nearly all of them regarded as unscientific fictions in the twentieth century.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe test of happiness is gratitude.
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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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A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong that he feels more.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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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.
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All government is an ugly necessity.
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When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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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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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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