"If we are to be happy, decent and……" — Hilaire Belloc
"If we are to be happy, decent and secure of our souls: drink some kind of fermented liquor with one's food; go on the water from time to time; dance on occasions, and sing in a chorus..."
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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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An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last…
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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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More Chorus Quotes
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I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it.…
— James Cagney
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There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice.
— Po Bronson
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Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly…
— John Greenleaf Whittier
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I was thrown into a community production of 'Bye Bye Birdie' or something when I was a kid. I wanted…
— Michael Stuhlbarg
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Baseball is an art! A drama! A ballet without music! Let us give it a Greek chorus!
— Deborah Wiles
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Even if you want something so badly, without talent, you can't even get the opportunity. You remain as the chorus…
— Cheon Eunbi
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Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus.…
— Ikue Mori
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I tell you truly, when we are born, we enter the world with the sound of God in our ears,…
— Edmond Bordeaux Szekely
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I want to figure out how I can make the most important statement with the least amount of information, so…
— Larry Carlton
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Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. In other countries, the business of…
— Jean Baudrillard
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The human drama is reaching its denouement. The great unveiling is approaching, a time when the power structures of the…
— Anodea Judith
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We worked the medley on side two of "Abbey Road" out carefully in advance. All of those mini songs were…
— George Harrison
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