H Belloc Quotes: top 30 famous quotes about H Belloc

H Belloc Quotes & Sayings

Happy to read and share the best inspirational H Belloc quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes.

There are few greater temptations on earth than to stay permanently at Oxford in meditation, and to read all the books in the Bodlean. — Hilaire Belloc

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

Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight,
But Roaring Bill (who killed him) thought it right. — Hilaire Belloc

I always like to associate with a lot of priests because it makes me understand anti-clerical things so well. — Hilaire Belloc

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

The control of the production of wealth is the control of human life itself. — Hilaire Belloc

[A]lways keep a-hold of Nurse For fear of finding something worse — Hilaire Belloc

Never could an increase of comfort or security be a sufficient good to be bought at the price of liberty. — Hilaire Belloc

The prospect of refreshment at the charges of another is an opportunity never to be neglected by men of clear commercial judgment. — Hilaire Belloc

The machine does not control the mind of man, though it affects the mind of man; it is the mind of man that can and should control the machine. — Hilaire Belloc

Write as the wind blows and command all words like an army! — Hilaire Belloc

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

The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie. — Hilaire Belloc

The choice lies between property on the one hand and slavery, public or private, on the other. There is no third issue. — Hilaire Belloc

Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out. — Hilaire Belloc

The grace of God is courtesy. — Hilaire Belloc

He served his god so faithfully and well
That now he sees him face to face in hell. — Hilaire Belloc

Oh, you should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about. — Hilaire Belloc

The sea drives truth into a man like salt. — Hilaire Belloc

When you have lost your inns, you may drown your empty selves. For you have lost the heart of England. — Hilaire Belloc

Before the curse of statistics fell upon mankind we lived a happy, innocent life, full of merriment and go and informed by fairly good judgment. — Hilaire Belloc

The world is full of double beds And most delightful maidenheads, Which being so, there's no excuse For sodomy or self-abuse. — Hilaire Belloc

Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else. — Hilaire Belloc

The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth. — Hilaire Belloc

The Devil, having nothing else to do Went off to tempt my Lady Poltagrue. My Lady, tempted by a private whim, To his extreme annoyance, tempted him. — 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. — Hilaire Belloc

If antiquity be the only test of nobility, then cheese is a very noble thing ... The lineage of cheese is demonstrably beyond all record. — Hilaire Belloc

I forget the name of the place; I forget the name of the girl; but the wine was Chambertin. — Hilaire Belloc

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation. — Hilaire Belloc

Of courtesy, it is much less Than courage of heart or holiness, Yet in my walks it seems to me That the Grace of God is in courtesy. — Hilaire Belloc