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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. "
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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" White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black... God paints in many colours; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white. "
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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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" The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid. "
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" The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it. "
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" The present condition of fame is merely fashion. "
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" I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. "
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" When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? "
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" Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know. "
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" Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. "
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" The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man. "
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