"Writing itself is a bad enough trade, rightly……" — Hilaire Belloc
"Writing itself is a bad enough trade, rightly held up to ridicule and contempt by the greater part of mankind, and especially by those who do real work, plowing, riding, sailing"
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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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I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Bad men are full of repentance.
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If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been 'Catch Me In Two Days'.
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From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any…
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