He thought his detective brain as good as the criminal's, which was true. But he fully realised the disadvantage. "The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic, " he said with a sour smile, and lifted his coffee cup to his lips slowly, and put it down very quickly. He had put salt in it. G.k. Chesterton
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  1. The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.
  2. To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
  3. 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.
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