Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONEugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs; and also so clever that they can manage each other’s.
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The Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle
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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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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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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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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
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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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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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A madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason
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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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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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Original sin is the only doctrine that’s been empirically validated by 2,000 years of human history.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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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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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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