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Necessary Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- These are the things which might conceivably and truly make men forgive their enemies. We can only turn hate to love by understanding what are…
- Liberty is the very last idea that seems to occur to anybody, in considering any political or social proposal. It is only necessary for anybody…
- ...it is not necessary to the child to awaken to the sense of the strange and humorous by giving a man a luminous nose...to the…
- I don't deny," he said, "that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that at certain…
- The materialist theory of history, that all politics and ethics are the expression of economics, is a very simple fallacy indeed. It consists simply of…
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- Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. — Diane Ackerman
- The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular… — Charles Babbage
- Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the… — Edward Bach
- Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is… — Richard Bach
- There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we… — Richard Bach
- Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government.… — Michael Badnarik
- I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from… — Mikhail Bakunin
- A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary? — James M. Barrie
- It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. — Charles Baudelaire