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Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.

by Gilbert K. Chesterton Found in: Ritual Quotes,
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Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to read more

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.

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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

by Gilbert K. Chesterton Found in: Great Quotes,
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"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except a desperate case. It read more

"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober.".

by Gilbert K. Chesterton Found in: Country Quotes,
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You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the read more

You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world.

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