Gilbert K. Chesterton said this quote

“ 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. ”

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

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I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

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Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

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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.

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