The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
G. K. CHESTERTONTruth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem”.
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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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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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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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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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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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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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