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Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men,… — Lord Chesterfield
Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. — Lord Chesterfield
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The only defensible war is a war of defense. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Do not try to approach God with your thinking mind. It may only stimulate your intellectual ideas, activities, and beliefs. Try to approach God with… — Sri Chinmoy
Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor. — Margaret Cho
I am into belly dancing. I used to only hang with comics. Now I have friends who are dancers, and my whole house has a… — Margaret Cho
I mean, what's great about touring is that's what you do. You're in a constant state of motion and then you stop to do a… — Margaret Cho
The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that… — Noam Chomsky
The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit,… — Noam Chomsky
Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding… — Deepak Chopra
Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born. — Deepak Chopra
From a scientist's perspective, to understand everything that you need to know about human beings, you only have to tinker with all the mechanical parts… — Deepak Chopra

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