"When you have lost your inns, drown your……" — Hilaire Belloc

"When you have lost your inns, drown your empty selves, for you will have lost the last of England."

— 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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More Drown Quotes

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You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float. — John Barrymore
Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge. — Daniel J. Boorstin
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation. — Edmund Burke
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming. — Jimmy Carter
You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it. — Paulo Coelho
But leave me to my beer! Gold is dross, love is loss, so if I gulp my sorrows down, or… — George Arnold
Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamor of silence. — Rabindranath Tagore
It was a beautiful bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in… — Diana Gabaldon
I don't recommend washing your face. Because you might drown. — Jenna Marbles
Meditation means: remain as relaxed as you are in deep sleep and yet alert. Keep awareness there; let thoughts disappear… — Rajneesh
You don't drown by falling in water. You only drown if you stay there. — Zig Ziglar
It was harder to drown at sunrise than in darkness. — Edith Wharton

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