A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONA society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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Dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.
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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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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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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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There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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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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