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One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Boy Men Son Unsullied
The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited, but was defined before it existed.
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Error Final Human
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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Grateful Gratitude Life Live
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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Art Brain Spiritual
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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Atheism Fear People
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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Apology Integrity Men
Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Hope Mean Things Unbelievable
Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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Art Ass Bad Sunset
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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Christian Orthodoxy Sin
There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.
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Catholic Discipline Wall
Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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Causes Profound Real
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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Fashion Health Men View
I don’t deny,” he said, “that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that at certain strange epochs it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called poets, actually to remind men that they are not dead yet.
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Matter Want Writing
Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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Atheism Heaven Nihilism
Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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Dark Flower Sky
Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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Modern Silence Tyranny