When people call this beast to mind, They marvel more and more At such a little tail behind, So large a trunk before. Hilaire Belloc More Quotes by Hilaire Belloc More Quotes From Hilaire Belloc How on earth could that be done? If you try to laugh and say 'No' at the same time, it sounds like neighing - yet people are perpetually doing it in novels. If they did it in real life they would be locked up. Hilaire Belloc realwritingpeople Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone. Hilaire Belloc soullatintea We cannot make owners by merely giving men something to own. And, I repeat, whether there be sufficient desire for property left upon which we can work, only experience can decide. Hilaire Belloc wisdomgivingmen I forget the name of the place; I forget the name of the girl; but the wine was Chambertin. Hilaire Belloc girlwinefood Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun. Hilaire Belloc lifedeathfall Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing. Hilaire Belloc emptyworstwriting Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else. Hilaire Belloc cookingfoodremember If you can describe clearly without a diagram the proper way of making this or that knot, then you are a master of the English language. Hilaire Belloc languagewritingway You are my cat, and I am your human. Hilaire Belloc cathumans I am a sundial, and I make a botch Hilaire Belloc timewatchesfunny From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends. Hilaire Belloc lovefriendshiplife I am a Catholic. As far as possible, I go to Mass every day. This is a rosary. As far as possible, I kneel down and tell these beads every day. If you reject me on account of my religion, I shall thank God that He has spared me the indignity of being your representative. Hilaire Belloc rosarycatholicthank-god If antiquity be the only test of nobility, then cheese is a very noble thing ... The lineage of cheese is demonstrably beyond all record. Hilaire Belloc noblecookingfood [Heresy is] the dislocation of a complete and self-supporting scheme by the introduction of a novel denial of some essential part therein. Hilaire Belloc denialessentialsself Of courtesy, it is much less Than courage of heart or holiness, Yet in my walks it seems to me That the Grace of God is in courtesy. Hilaire Belloc gracecourageheart If any man gives you a wine you can't bear, don't say it is beastly... But don't say you like it. You are endangering your soul and the use of wine as well... Seek out some other wine good to your taste. Hilaire Belloc winefoodmen Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography. Hilaire Belloc admirableautobiographybiographies How slow the shadow creeps: but when 'tis past How fast the shadows fall. How fast! How fast! Hilaire Belloc shadowpastfall It has unfortunately now become a habit for so many generations, that it has almost passed into an instinct throughout the Jewish body, to rely upon the weapon of secrecy. Secret societies, a language kept as far as possible secret, the use of false names in order to hide secret movements, secret relations between various parts of the Jewish body: all these and other forms of secrecy have become the national method. Hilaire Belloc rely-uponnamesorder Oh, you should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about. Hilaire Belloc shoulddoubt
