The modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad. The vi…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad. The virtues have gone mad because they have been isolated from each other and are wandering alone. Thus some scientists care for truth; and their truth is pitiless. Thus some humanitarians only care for pity; and their pity (I am sorry to say) is often untruthful. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.20, Simon and Schuster
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