To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
~ G. K. Chesterton
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Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.
~ G. K. Chesterton
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It is the first law of practical courage. To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.
~ G. K. Chesterton
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The comedy of man survives the tragedy of man.
~ G. K. Chesterton
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Too much capitalism does not mean too many capitalists, but too few capitalists.
~ G. K. Chesterton
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Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
~ G. K. Chesterton
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We have had no good comic operas of late, because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera.
~ G. K. Chesterton
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Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
~ G. K. Chesterton
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