It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONAgainst a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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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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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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