Author: Hilaire Belloc

Quotes

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

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

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

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

An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last a fortnight.

An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last a fortnight.

- 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

The grace of God is courtesy.

The grace of God is courtesy.

- Hilaire Belloc

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.

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.

- 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

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