All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
G. K. CHESTERTONMoral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
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There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem”.
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
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