"I am writing a book about the Crusades……" — Hilaire Belloc

"I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it."

— Hilaire Belloc

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84 Quotes by Hilaire Belloc

Hilaire Belloc has 84 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we…
From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter…
We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.
When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is…
I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.
Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a…
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.
An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last…
Never could an increase of comfort or security be a sufficient good to be bought at the price of liberty.
Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight. But roaring Bill, who killed him, thought it right.
Dear Grandmamma, with what we give. We humbly pray that you may live. For many, many happy years: Although you…
Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the…

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