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" A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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" True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare. "

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" You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution. "

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" Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head. "

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" Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache. "

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" A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation. "

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" Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. "

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" Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young. "

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" When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility. "

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" Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. "

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" Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. "

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" The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense. "

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" Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position. "

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" In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it. "

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" Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist. "

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