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Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Art Beautiful Beauty
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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Bath Believe Practice
Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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Causes Profound Real
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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Atheism Fear People
When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
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Failure Trouble World
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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Church Need Thinking
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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Accepting Doctrine Miracle
The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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Christian Mass Reckless
There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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Goes Intelligent Trying
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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Half Literature Mean
One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.
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Love Trust Way World
Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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Modern Silence Tyranny
A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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Crow Duality Thorn
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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Country People Regard Riddle
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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Art Brain Spiritual
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Acceptance Knowledge Star

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