Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up. Author: G.K. Chesterton Copy Quote More from G.K. Chesterton “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that …” “I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of ever…” “There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded…” “The only true free-thinker is he whose intellect is as much free from the futur…”