If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
G. K. CHESTERTONScience must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
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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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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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