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.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThere 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 present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right
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Eugenics 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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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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Dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.
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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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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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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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The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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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.
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