“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
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“I said to Heart, “How goes it?” Heart replied: “Right as a Ribstone Pippin!” But it lied.”

Hilaire Belloc
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“Loss and possession, Death and life are one. There falls no shadow where There shines no sun.”

Hilaire Belloc
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“Remote and ineffectual don.”

Hilaire Belloc
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“When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”

Hilaire Belloc
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“Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography.”

Hilaire Belloc
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“It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.”

Hilaire Belloc
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“The microbe is so very small: You cannot take him out at all.”

Hilaire Belloc
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“I’m tired of love; I’m still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.”

Hilaire Belloc
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“It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.”

Hilaire Belloc
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