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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.

G. K. Chesterton

Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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Ourselves Philosophy Phone Science Talk
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Mystery Poet Silence Subject
When a woman puts up her fists to a man she is putting herself in the only posture in which he is not afraid of her.
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Afraid Himself Man Woman
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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Handle Serious Under
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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Difficult Failure Religious Try
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
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Hope Inspirational Magic Miracle
[No society can survive the socialist] fallacy that there is an absolutely unlimited number of inspired officials and an absolutely unlimited amount of money to pay them.
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Inspirational Limitation Money Pay Society
When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
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Atheist Believe Choice God Man Mindset
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
We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Instruction Need Reminder
The test of happiness is gratitude.
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Gratitude Happiness Test
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Argument Hate Interrupt Myself Session
If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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Atheist Deep God Perspective
The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Age Forget Gold Man
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

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