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Hilaire Belloc Quotes

English - Poet | July 27, 1870 - July 16, 1953

The microbe is so very small: You cannot take him out at all.

Small You Him Out Take Cannot

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

Best Sing Make Songs Second Trades

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.

Alone Soul Tea My Soul Would Stuff

The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.

Moment Lie Man Begins He His

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

Men Conflict Healthy Instinct Least

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

Lie Sometimes Nation Necessary

Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out.

Child Book Pictures Pleasure Out

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

Nothing Autobiography Just Between

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

Interesting Boring Made Subject Any

Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.

Writing Worst Empty Trades Futile

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.

Life History Language Nationalism

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

Time Money Me Pleasure Gives

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