Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONCatholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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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.
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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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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.
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There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.
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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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All government is an ugly necessity.
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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 it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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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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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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There is no better test of a man’s ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong… A stiff apology is a second insult.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong that he feels more.
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