The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis.
G. K. CHESTERTONTruth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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It is always the secure who are humble.
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I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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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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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.
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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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The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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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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