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Our chiefs said 'Done,' and I did not deem it;
Our seers said 'Peace,' and it was not peace;
Earth will grow worse till men redeem it,
And wars more evil, ere all wars cease.

— G. K. Chesterton Poems (1917)

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The humorous look of children is perhaps the most endearing of all the bonds that hold the Cosmos together.

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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.

Briefly, you can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.

There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

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The truth is that it is our attitude towards children that is right, and our attitude towards grown-up people that is wrong.

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