Hilaire Belloc, (1870-1953), British Author Quotes
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.
Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so it is with autobiography.
All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men.
- The Silence of the Sea.
I'm tired of love, I'm still more tired of rhyme, but money gives me pleasure all the time.
The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.
- The Silence of the Sea.
Matilda told such dreadful lies
It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes.
The Rich arrived in pairs
And also in Rolls Royces;
They talked of their affairs
In loud and strident voices...
The Poor arrived in Fords,
Whose features they resembled;
They laughed to see so many Lords
And Ladies all assembled.
The People in Between
Looked underdone and harassed,
And our of place and mean,
And Horribly embarrassed.
Any subject can be made interesting, and therefore any subject can be boring.
The Llama is a woolly sort of fleecy hairy goat, with an indolent expression and an undulating throat, like an unsuccessful literary man.
I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it.