America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
G. K. CHESTERTONGratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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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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The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.
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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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All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.
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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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It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
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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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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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