When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
G. K. CHESTERTONVariability 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”.
More G. K. Chesterton Quotes
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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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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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It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.
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Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.
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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 way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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