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Hilaire Belloc Quotes

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

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

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

'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'

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

'Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.'

'When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read'

'We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.'


Died in Guildford, Surrey
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