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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.

G. K. Chesterton

Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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Handle Serious Under
God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Deep God Goodness Religious Symbol
The past is not what it was.
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One Liner Past
There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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Business Difference Ideal State System
Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Discipline Fear Happiness Promise Trouble Weird
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
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
Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
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Dangerous Death Education Horrible People Serious
Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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Double Gratitude Happiness Wonder
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
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
Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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Beginning Hope Reason
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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Bad Democracy Education Government
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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Enemy Friendship God Ourselves
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Cosmos Ego Stardom Understand
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship

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