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

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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More Quotes By Gilbert K. Chesterton
  1. Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.
  2. I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
  3. Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.
  4. A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.
  5. Love means to love that which is unlovable or it is no virtue at all.
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