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.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe 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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Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
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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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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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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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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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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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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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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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