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title: "7 Stops Short Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Stops Short quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Stops Short sayings and thoughts."
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> [“For Evil often stops short at itself and dies with the doer of it; but Good, never.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/for-evil-often-stops-short-at-itself-and-dies-with-the-doer-of-it-but/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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> [Neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/neither-the-church-nor-modern-public-opinion-condemns-petting/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/bertrand-russell-69_certain_neither-the-church-nor-modern-public-opi_607099.jpg)

> [A man who stops at nothing short of the law is very clever indeed!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/a-man-who-stops-at-nothing-short-of-the-law-is-very-clever-indeed/)

[Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/)

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> [It is a truth forever, that where the speech of man stops short there Music's reign begins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagner/it-is-a-truth-forever-that-where-the-speech-of-man-stops-short-there/)

[Richard Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/richard-wagner-7708_communication_it-is-a-truth-forever-that-where-the-spe_1452356.jpg)

> [“My idea of being a nice dog stops short of getting murdered for it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-erickson/my-idea-of-being-a-nice-dog-stops-short-of-getting-murdered-for-it/)

[John R. Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-erickson/)

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> [And this is the eternal law. For, Evil often stops short at istelf and dies with the doer of it! but Good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/and-this-is-the-eternal-law-for-evil-often-stops-short-at-istelf-and/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cf/charles-dickens-34_doers_and-this-is-the-eternal-law-for-evil-oft_2052065.jpg)

> [“Bullseye. Well, almost. The cleaver misses his ear by a mere inch. He stops short, but he doesn’t turn around. Instead he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josie-brown/bullseye-well-almost-the-cleaver-misses-his-ear-by-a-mere-inch-he/)

[Josie Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josie-brown/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/josie-brown-31356_cleaver_bullseye-well-almost-the-cleaver-misses_3211052.jpg)

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