When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONDear 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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One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.
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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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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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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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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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Original sin is the only doctrine that’s been empirically validated by 2,000 years of human history.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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