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. CHESTERTONWhen giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
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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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A madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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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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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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There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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But there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.
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But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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