The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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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...

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

A yawn is a silent shout.

A yawn is a silent shout.

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort...

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort...

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over......

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over......

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

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...

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger...

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger...

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

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...

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...

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

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 you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do...

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do...

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...

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should...

It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should...

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to...

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to...

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...