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

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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