Divine Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

“We are like the penny, because we have the image of the king stamped on us, the divine king.”

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Faith is always at a disadvantage; it is a perpetually defeated thing which survives all conquerors.

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The triangle of truisms, of father, mother and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.

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Criticism is only words about words, and of what use are words about such words as these?

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