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Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.

G. K. Chesterton

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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Establishment Myself Religion Rule Wild
It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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Hang Politics Terrible
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
Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
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Afraid Corruption Coward Devil Fake God Spiritual Stupidity
It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.
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Employment Feminism Freedom Husband Ideas Woman
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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Children Gratitude Ourselves Time
The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.
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Difference Exception Movement Philosophy Science
Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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Destruction Silence Tolerance
Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Brain Fall Open Minded Stupidity Yourself
The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Age Forget Gold Man
You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution Yourself
Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
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
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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Art Draw Moral Sketch
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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Enemy Friendship God Ourselves
The past is not what it was.
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One Liner Past

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