Hilaire Belloc quotes - page 5

The Barbarian hopes - and that is the very mark of him - that he can have his cake and eat it too. He will consume what civilisation has slowly produced after generations of selection and effort but he will not be at pains to replace such goods nor indeed has he a comprehension of the virtue that has brought them into being. (Hilaire Belloc)
In a word, the Barbarian is discoverable everywhere in this that he cannot make; that he can befog or destroy, but that he cannot sustain; and of every Barbarian in the decline or peril of every civilisation exactly that has been true. View quote
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Nor have I met any man in my life, arguing for what should be among men, but took for granted as he argued that the doctrine he consciously or unconsciously accepted was or should be a similar foundation for all mankind. Hence battle. View quote
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But as we laugh we are watched by large and awful faces from beyond: and on these faces there is no smile. View quote
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The microbe is so very small: You cannot take him out at all. View quote
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There is already something like a Jewish monopoly in high finance. (...) There is the same element of Jewish monopoly in the silver trade, and in the control of various other metals, notably lead, nickel, quicksilver. What is most disquieting of all, this tendency to monopoly is spreading like a disease. View quote
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[I]n words lie the seeds of all dissension, and love at its most profound is silent. View quote
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