The scientific facts, which were supposed to contradict the faith in the nineteenth century, are nearly all of them regarded as unscientific fictions in the twentieth century.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONPeople talk of the pathos and failure of plain women; but it is a more terrible thing that a beautiful woman may succeed in everything but womanhood.
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At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.
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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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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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But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.
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People talk of the pathos and failure of plain women; but it is a more terrible thing that a beautiful woman may succeed in everything but womanhood.
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