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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.

G. K. Chesterton

At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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Astonishment Brain Life Rise Spiritual Sun
America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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Build Country Foundation Religion
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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Children Dragon Existence Fairy Tale Fantasy Inspirational Kill
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
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Around Death Democracy Tradition Vote Walk
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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Destiny Greatness Humanity Nation Ordinary Story
God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Deep God Goodness Religious Symbol
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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Call Escape Fashion Leaving Tradition
Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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Acceptance Agreement Authority Funny Intelligence
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
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Choice Deep Difficult Reality Right
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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Choice Gratitude Life Yourself
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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Hard Time Perspective Rain Yourself
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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Believe Cleaning Perspective Water
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
The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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God Man Riddle Satisfaction Solution
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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Argument Judgement Mad Man Worst Yourself
The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Man Reality

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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