The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
G. K. CHESTERTONWe 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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When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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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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The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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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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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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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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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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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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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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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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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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Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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