Hilaire Belloc Short Quotes

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The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.

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Oh! let us never, never doubt
What nobody is sure about!

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Remote and ineffectual Don
That dared attack my Chesterton.

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A Trick that everyone abhors
In Little Girls is slamming Doors.

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Like many of the Upper Class
He liked the Sound of Broken Glass.

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The chief defect of Henry King Was chewing little bits of string.

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All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men.

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Whatever happens, we have got
The Maxim gun, and they have not.

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And always keep a-hold of Nurse
For fear of finding something worse.

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It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

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I am a sundial, and I make a botch
Of what is done far better by a watch.

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And what is there else but pleasure, and to what else does beauty move on?

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It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.

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A smell of burning fills the startled air —
The Electrician is no longer there!

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Any subject can be made interesting, and therefore any subject can be made boring.

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Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties,
And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise.

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Nothing is worthwhile on this unhappy earth except the fulfilment of a man's desire.

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Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else.

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In soft deluding lies let fools delight.
A shadow marks our days, which end in Night.

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Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.

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It was my shame, and now it is my boast,
That I have loved you rather more than most.

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By thee do seers the inward light discern;
By thee the statue lives, the Gods return.

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When the ephemeral vision's lure is past
All, all, must face their Passion at the last.

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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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I said to Heart, "How goes it?" Heart replied:
"Right as a Ribstone Pippin!" But it lied.

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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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Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight,
But Roaring Bill (who killed him) thought it right.

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Loss and Possession, Death and Life are one.
There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.

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She was not really bad at heart,
But only rather rude and wild:
She was an aggravating child.

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How slow the Shadow creeps: but when 'tis past,
How fast the Shadows fall. How fast! How fast!

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