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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The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the...

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the...

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

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...

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.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to...

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to...

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all...

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all...

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we...

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we...

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is...

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it 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.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

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.

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain,...

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain,...

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

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...

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven...

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven...

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like...

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like...

Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is...

Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is...

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more...

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more...