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G K Chesterton: You cannot love...

G K Chesterton: You cannot love...

You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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G K Chesterton: Being contented ought...

G K Chesterton: Being contented ought...

Being contented ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not...

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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: Tea, although an...

G K Chesterton: Tea, although an...

Tea, although an Oriental,
Is a gentleman at least;
Cocoa is a cad and coward,
Cocoa is a vulgar...

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George Eliot: There is a...

George Eliot: There is a...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our...

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Mark Twain: What do we...

Mark Twain: What do we...

What do we call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, forgiveness? Different results of the master impulse, the...

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Mark Twain: When we remember...

Mark Twain: When we remember...

When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

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Mark Twain: When angry, count...

Mark Twain: When angry, count...

When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.

Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson, ch. 10,...

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Mark Twain: Work and play...

Mark Twain: Work and play...

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.

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Mark Twain: There are no...

Mark Twain: There are no...

There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it.

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Mark Twain: To my mind...

Mark Twain: To my mind...

To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman.

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Mark Twain: There is nothing...

Mark Twain: There is nothing...

There is nothing the matter with this, except that it ain't so.

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-- Mark...

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Winston Churchill: Without measureless and...

Winston Churchill: Without measureless and...

Without measureless and perpetual uncertainty the drama of human life would be destroyed.

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Winston Churchill: There are few...

Winston Churchill: There are few...

There are few virtues which the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever...

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Ronald Reagan: Anyone that's ever...

Ronald Reagan: Anyone that's ever...

Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never never gets done as soon as you wish it...

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Edward Koch: If you don't...

Edward Koch: If you don't...

If you don't like the president, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor,...

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George Washington: Discipline is the...

George Washington: Discipline is the...

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to...

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George Washington: A slender acquaintance...

George Washington: A slender acquaintance...

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the...

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James Madison: The essence of...

James Madison: The essence of...

The essence of government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to...

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