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G K Chesterton: When you break...

G K Chesterton: When you break...

When you break the big laws, you do not get liberty; you do not even get anarchy. You get the small...

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G K Chesterton: All conservatism is...

G K Chesterton: All conservatism is...

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If...

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G K Chesterton: Courage is almost...

G K Chesterton: Courage is almost...

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to...

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G K Chesterton: Once I planned...

G K Chesterton: Once I planned...

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and...

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Frederick Douglass: Man's greatness consists...

Frederick Douglass: Man's greatness consists...

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be...

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Frederick Douglass: [W]henever my condition...

Frederick Douglass: [W]henever my condition...

[W]henever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: It has long...

Arthur Conan Doyle: It has long...

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most...

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G K Chesterton: To be simple...

G K Chesterton: To be simple...

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being...

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G K Chesterton: New roads: new...

G K Chesterton: New roads: new...

New roads: new ruts.

Source: Attrib.
-- G K Chesterton, (May 29 1874-1936),...

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G K Chesterton: Mankind is not...

G K Chesterton: Mankind is not...

Mankind is not a tribe of animals to which we owe compassion. Mankind is a club to which we owe our...

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G K Chesterton: It is at...

G K Chesterton: It is at...

It is at unimportant moments that a man is a gentleman. At important moments he ought to be something...

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Louisa May Alcott: Life is my...

Louisa May Alcott: Life is my...

Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!

Source: In The...

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Louisa May Alcott: A little kingdom...

Louisa May Alcott: A little kingdom...

A little kingdom I possess,
Where thoughts and feelings dwell;
And very hard the task I find
Of governing it...

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Jane Austen: Everything nourishes what...

Jane Austen: Everything nourishes what...

Everything nourishes what is strong already.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Pearl Buck: I am comforted...

Pearl Buck: I am comforted...

I am comforted by life's stability, by earth's unchangeableness. What has seemed new and frightening assumes its place...

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Gertrude Stein: Nature is commonplace....

Gertrude Stein: Nature is commonplace....

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Source: In My Autobiography,...

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John Adams: I agree with...

John Adams: I agree with...

I agree with you that in politics the middle way is none at all.

Source: In The...

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John Adams: I always consider...

John Adams: I always consider...

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in...

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John Adams: A desire to...

John Adams: A desire to...

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as...

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John Adams: Genius is sorrow's...

John Adams: Genius is sorrow's...

Genius is sorrow's child.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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