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.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONTolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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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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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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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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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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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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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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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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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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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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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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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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