We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.
G. K. CHESTERTONO God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
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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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When a woman puts up her fists to a man she is putting herself in the only posture in which he is not afraid of her.
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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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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.
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