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.
G. K. CHESTERTONDo not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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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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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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It is always the secure who are humble.
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