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The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.

G. K. Chesterton

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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Fiction Journalism Life Oneself World
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
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Fight Hate Himself Love Soldier True
We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press… It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.
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Deep Media Silence Validation
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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Heart Mindset Object Open
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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Adventure Right Wrong
The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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Choice Darkness Issues Light Side
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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Division Earth Ourselves People Pride
Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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Enough Place Removal Yourself
Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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Duty High Man Responsibility Time
The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Age Forget Gold Man
I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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Action God Knowledge Myself Practice
It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Interest Mindset People
I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
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Absence Aware Mindset Presence
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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Fear God Man Scare Thinking

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