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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.

G. K. Chesterton

When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
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Belief Difficult God Heaven Himself
The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
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Children Extraordinary Family Magic Ordinary Woman
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
Passion makes every detail important.
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Detail Important Passion
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
Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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Chance Compliment God Hell Human
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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Lost Love Realization
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Day Expectation Praise Way
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
Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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Difference Disguise Ignorance Name Partial
Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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Beginning Hope Reason
The past is not what it was.
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One Liner Past
Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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Deep Mistake Truth Understand
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
A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Oneself Person
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View

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