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Hilaire Belloc Quotes

«Any subject can be made interesting, and therefore any subject can be made boring.»
«Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.»
«It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.»
«Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out.»
«Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.»
«The microbe is so very small: You cannot take him out at all.»
Author: Hilaire Belloc | Keywords: microbe, microbes
«I said to Heart, 'How goes it?' Heart replied: 'Right as a Ribstone Pippin!'»
Author: Hilaire Belloc | Keywords: Pippin, pippins
«All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men»
«Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight, but Roaring Bill (who killed him) thought it right.»
«An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last a fortnight»

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