"The Devil, having nothing else to do Went……" — 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."
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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 Annoyance Quotes
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
— Isaac Asimov
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Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for…
— Bruno Bettelheim
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A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He…
— Thomas Adams
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One of the greatest things about daughters is how they adored you when they were little; how they rushed into…
— Michael Josephson
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O truly enjoy... [a university], the individual-student or faculty-must harbor a well-calibrated sense of annoyance at the institution, entering into…
— Robin Winks
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If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material…
— George Washington
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Annoyance and pathos warred in my breast, and after a short struggle, annoyance punched pathos in the snout like the…
— Kate Elliott
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The smallest annoyances, disturb us the most.
— Michel de Montaigne
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I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world. I have my…
— Michael Bloomberg
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So long as you do not know who you really are, this will be difficult. You may have to give up…
— Werner Erhard
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Ministry of Disturbance, a regulated source of annoyance; a destroyer of routine; an underminer of complacency.
— C. D. Darlington
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What annoyances are more painful than those of which we cannot complain?
— Marquis de Custine
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