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“ The proper name for the thing is modesty; but as we live in an age of prejudice and must not call things by their right names, we will yield to a more modern nomenclature and call it dignity. ”

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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.

~ G.k. Chesterton

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

~ G.k. Chesterton

Love is not blind that is the last thing that it is. Love is bound and the more it is bound the less it is blind.

~ G.k. Chesterton

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.

~ G.k. Chesterton