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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.
         

Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.


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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.



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God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.



Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.



Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.



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

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



The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.



A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.



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?

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?



It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.



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.

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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A road trip with your ancient mommy is just what you need after falling off a mountain and having your soul ripped out by your best friend.

A road trip with your ancient mommy is just what you need after falling off a mountain and having your soul ripped out by your best friend.



I live in a constant state of gratitude, thankfulness, and appreciation for the second chance I was given, so anytime in any film, when that is given to someone, I always appreciate it.

I live in a constant state of gratitude, thankfulness, and appreciation for the second chance I was given, so anytime in any film, when that is given to someone, I always appreciate it.



Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.

Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.



Sleep does make us all equal, it seems to me, like his big brother-Death.

Sleep does make us all equal, it seems to me, like his big brother-Death.



Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.

Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.



If I'm stuck, I'll sit down and read. That's a big thing.

If I'm stuck, I'll sit down and read. That's a big thing.



Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies.

Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies.



If artists and poets are unhappy, it is after all because happiness does not interest them.

If artists and poets are unhappy, it is after all because happiness does not interest them.



Everybody in America started to define themselves by all these things they had around them. And all of a sudden it came tumbling down. So the old American dream has died, and that is a good thing.

Everybody in America started to define themselves by all these things they had around them. And all of a sudden it came tumbling down. So the old American dream has died, and that is a good thing.




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