Eugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs; and also so clever that they can manage each other’s.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONI agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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A child’s instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child’s hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.
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I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited, but was defined before it existed.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.
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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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When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
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