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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.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Education Justice Learning
Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
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Catholic Glasses Wine
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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Christian Order Running
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Christianity Morality Religion
All government is an ugly necessity.
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Government Necessity Ugly
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
Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes people forget themselves in the presence of something greater than themselves.
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Ancient Pride Unfreese
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
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Courage Day Strong Veteran
Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.
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Book Hero Read
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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Atheism Fear People
It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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Apologetic Arguing Men
A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Common Faith Inspiration Sense
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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Men Running Thinking
There are some desires that are not desirable.
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Morality People Scandal
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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Adventure Doubt Men
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