Hilaire Belloc quotes

From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends. (Hilaire Belloc)
Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun. View quote
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When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. View quote
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Any subject can be made interesting, and therefore any subject can be made boring. View quote
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It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them. View quote
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I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. View quote
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All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men. View quote
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Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death. View quote
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Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else. View quote
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Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing. View quote
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It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation. (Hilaire Belloc)
The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie. View quote
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Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone. View quote
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Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out. View quote
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I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time. View quote
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Oh, my friends, be warned by me, That breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea, Are all human frame requires. View quote
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Whatever happens, we have got The Maxim gun, and they have not. View quote
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How slow the shadow creeps but when 'tis past How fast the shadows fall. How fast How fast. View quote
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Matilda told such dreadful lies, It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes Her aunt, who, from her earliest youth, Had kept a strict regard for truth, Attempted to believe Matilda The effort very nearly killed her. View quote
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And always keep a hold of nurse, for fear of finding something worse. View quote
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Physicians of the utmost fame, Were called at once but when they came They answered, as they took their fees, 'There is no Cure for this Disease.' (Hilaire Belloc)
I shoot the Hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum,because if I use the leaden one his hide is sure to flatten em. View quote
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I said to Heart, 'How goes it' Heart replied 'Right as a Ribstone Pippin' But it lied. View quote
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The Microbe is so very small You cannot make him out at all, But many sanguine people hope To see him through a microscope. View quote
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Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight, But Roaring Bill (who killed him) thought it right. View quote
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