The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
G. K. CHESTERTONUnless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
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Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.
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Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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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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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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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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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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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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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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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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