Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
G. K. CHESTERTONDemocracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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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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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem”.
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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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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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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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