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

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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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.

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of...

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of...

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

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...

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very...

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very...

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment...

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment...

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity...

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity...

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing...

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing...

Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind...

Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind...

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...

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my...

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my...

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us...

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us...

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply...

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply...

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying...

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying...

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...

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man...

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man...

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than...

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than...