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.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for...

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for...

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be...

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be...

Journalism largely consists of saying Lord Jones is Dead to people who never knew that...

Journalism largely consists of saying Lord Jones is Dead to people who never knew that...

New roads; new ruts.

New roads; new ruts.

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that...

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that...

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.

Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

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

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

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably...

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably...

Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.

Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read...

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read...

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a...

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a...

The mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in...

The mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in...

The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one...

The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one...

Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing...

Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing...