I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

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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.

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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.

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

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Nowadays a citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that the fine is generally much lighter.

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There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

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There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

G.K. Chesterton in Heretics (1905)
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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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I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals...

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You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution

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