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The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him
but because he loves what is behind him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is the great lesson of ‘Beauty and the Beast
that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there were no God, there would be no atheists.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two ways to get enough.
One is to continue to accumulate more and more.
The other is to desire less and less<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

G K Chesterton <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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