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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.
         

The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.


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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.



When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

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It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.



But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

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