Author: Hilaire Belloc

Quotes

It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.

It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.

- Hilaire Belloc

All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men.

All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men.

- Hilaire Belloc

Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.

Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.

- Hilaire Belloc

I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.

I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.

- Hilaire Belloc

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.

- Hilaire Belloc

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.

- Hilaire Belloc

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

- Hilaire Belloc

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.

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

The grace of God is courtesy.

The grace of God is courtesy.

- Hilaire Belloc

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