Hilaire Belloc Quotes

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Professional politics is a trade in which the sly outweigh the wise. - Hilaire Belloc quote.
Professional politics is a trade in which the sly outweigh the wise.
— Hilaire Belloc The Cruise of the “Nona”

politics

It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them. - Hilaire Belloc quote.
It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.
— Hilaire Belloc On Everything

singing

I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time. - Hilaire Belloc quote.
I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.
— Hilaire Belloc

pleasure

Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelette and the intolerable, so with autobiography. - Hilaire Belloc quote.
Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelette and the intolerable, so with autobiography.
— Hilaire Belloc A Conversation and a Cat

autobiography

If antiquity be the test of nobility, as many affirm and none deny...then cheese is a very noble thing. - Hilaire Belloc quote.
If antiquity be the test of nobility, as many affirm and none deny...then cheese is a very noble thing.
— Hilaire Belloc First and Last

cheese

The Llama is a wooly sort of fleecy hairy goat,
With an indolent expression and an undulating throat
Like an unsuccessful literary man. - Hilaire Belloc quote.
The Llama is a wooly sort of fleecy hairy goat,
With an indolent expression and an undulating throat
Like an unsuccessful literary man.
— Hilaire Belloc More Beasts for Worse children

animals

Write as the wind blows and command all words like an army!  See them how they stand in rank ready for assault, the jolly, swaggering fellows! - Hilaire Belloc quote.
Write as the wind blows and command all words like an army!  See them how they stand in rank ready for assault, the jolly, swaggering fellows!
— Hilaire Belloc The Path to Rome

writing advice

I'm tired of Love: I'm still more tired of Rhyme.
But Money gives me pleasure all the time.
— Hilaire Belloc

money