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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.

G. K. Chesterton

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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Difficult Failure Religious Try
If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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Atheist Deep God Perspective
Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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Deep Mistake Truth Understand
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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Adventure Right Wrong
Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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Failure Home Success Work Worth
We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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Boat Each Other Loyalty Terrible
If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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God Life Man Sunset Touch Woman Work
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
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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Affair Love Religion Theory
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
Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Double Grief Happiness Joy Marriage Ourselves
Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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Enemy Friendship God Ourselves
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
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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Handle Serious Under
[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

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