The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
G. K. CHESTERTONTolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
More G. K. Chesterton Quotes
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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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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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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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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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The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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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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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.
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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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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 way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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