To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as
to be right in doing it.
-- G.K. Chesterton
to be right in doing it.
-- G.K. Chesterton
Related:
- My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of
saying except in a desperate case.
It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober." ... - There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals.
The real American is all right; it is the ideal American... - If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.
Gilbert K. Chesterton (1874-1936), "Folly and Female... - Coincidences are spiritual puns.
--
G. K.... - The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that
it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.
G. K.... - Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate
victor in everything;
it is he that gets the most out of life. -- G. K.... - Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
G. K. Chesterton (1874...
From the same category:
- He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation
perfectly delightful.
Sydney... - Insanity is just a state
of mind... - Denver, n:
A smallish city located just below the `O' in Colorado... - Corry's Law:
Paper is always strongest at the perforations... - Vulcans worship peace above all.
-- McCoy,
"Return to Tomorrow," stardate 4768.3...
