"An institute run with such knavish imbecility that……" — Hilaire Belloc
"An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last a fortnight."
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Hilaire Belloc
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84 Quotes by Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc has 84 quotes on this site.
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I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we…
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From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter…
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We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.
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When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is…
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I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.
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Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a…
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When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.
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Never could an increase of comfort or security be a sufficient good to be bought at the price of liberty.
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Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight. But roaring Bill, who killed him, thought it right.
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Dear Grandmamma, with what we give. We humbly pray that you may live. For many, many happy years: Although you…
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Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the…
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Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.
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More Fortnight Quotes
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one of 28 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than…
— Cyril Connolly
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It is all a question of sensitiveness. Brute force and overbearing may make a terrific effect. But in the end,…
— D. H. Lawrence
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Sometimes, when something really great happens to me, I like to wait two weeks before I tell anyone about it,…
— Demetri Martin
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In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change…
— John Hume
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Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating. For many years of her life she had had two sons; but…
— Jane Austen
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In my local newspaper, they had this advert: 'please look after your neighbours in the cold weather'. I live next…
— Jack Dee
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For a fortnight nobody at all emailed me, or posted a follow-up. Doesn't anyone care, I thought? It turned out…
— Graham Nelson
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Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it.…
— Eamon de Valera
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In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.
— Joseph Chamberlain
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In London, I've always lived within 10 miles of where I was born. You see, there is something called a…
— Peter Ackroyd
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I am fussy, about my diet and straining my voice. I know, sounds a bit over the top. But I'm…
— Katherine Jenkins
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
— Samuel Johnson
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