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Among Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf;…
- Comforts that were rare among our forefathers are now multiplied in factories and handed out wholesale; and indeed, nobody nowadays, so long as he is…
- A good Moslem king was one who was strict in religion, valiant in battle, just in giving judgment among his people, but not one who…
- "The Universe repeats itself, with the possible exception of history." Of all earthly studies history is the only one that does not repeat itself. ...…
- Posting a letter and getting married [sic] are among the few things left that are entirely romantic; for to be entirely romantic, a thing must…
- There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. Nothing is more keenly…
- Now, among the heresies that are spoken in this matter is the habit of calling a grey day a "colourless" day. Grey is a colour,…
- Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give…
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- Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted. — Saint Augustine
- The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion… — Saint Augustine
- Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has… — Marcus Aurelius
- India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not… — Sri Aurobindo
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