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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

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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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Destiny Greatness Humanity Nation Ordinary Story
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
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.
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Angel Devil Faith Force Forget Fun Gravity Himself Light
God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Deep God Goodness Religious Symbol
A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Oneself Person
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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Difficult Failure Religious Try
When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
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Atheist Believe Choice God Man Mindset
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
Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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Duty High Man Responsibility Time
It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution
The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.
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Battle Divine Fight God Lose Oneself Perfection
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
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Mystery Poet Silence Subject
Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Complex Issues Moral Principle Terrible
If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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Atheist Deep God Perspective
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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Handle Serious Under
Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Discipline Fear Happiness Promise Trouble Weird
The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Man Reality
The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis.
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Happiness Marriage Struggle
The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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Day Deep Eyes See
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
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
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Hope Inspirational Magic Miracle
The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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Choice Darkness Issues Light Side
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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Afraid Himself Man Woman
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
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Choice Deep Difficult Reality Right

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