Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
G. K. CHESTERTONJournalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.
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Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
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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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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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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.
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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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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.
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The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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[No society can survive the socialist] fallacy that there is an absolutely unlimited number of inspired officials and an absolutely unlimited amount of money to pay them.
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You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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