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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If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.Gilbert K. Chesterton
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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People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.
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'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
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The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.
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The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before.
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