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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.

G. K. Chesterton

The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Age Forget Gold Man
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Day Expectation Praise Way
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
The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Man Reality
The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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God Man Riddle Satisfaction Solution
Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you.
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Man Understand Window World Yourself
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
But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
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Abolishment Believe Criticism God Government Truth
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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Around Death Democracy Tradition Vote Walk
Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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Ourselves Philosophy Phone Science Talk
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
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
Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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God Religion Stupidity Worship
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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Adventure Right Wrong
Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Hope Seem
No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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Break Command Himself Man Religious

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