If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
G. K. CHESTERTONFairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
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If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.
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