Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

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I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

A yawn is a silent shout.

A yawn is a silent shout.

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.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is...

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is...

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

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...

The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the...

The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the...

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide...

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide...

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...

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.

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 poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

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

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.

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...

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

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.

The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between...

The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between...

To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs...

To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs...

He [Freud] often said three things were impossible to fulfill completely; healing, education, governing. He...

He [Freud] often said three things were impossible to fulfill completely; healing, education, governing. He...

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections...

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections...