Hilaire Belloc Quotes and Sayings

Hilaire Belloc Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Hilaire Belloc quotes, Hilaire Belloc sayings, and Hilaire Belloc proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. Hilaire Belloc

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfilment. Hilaire Belloc

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. Hilaire Belloc

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death. Hilaire Belloc

Ownership is not a general feature of our society, determining its character. On the contrary, dependence on a precarious wage at the will of others is the general feature of our society. Hilaire Belloc

The pilgrim is humble and devout, and human, and charitable, and ready to smile and admire; therefore, he should comprehend the whole of his way, the people in it, and the hills and the clouds, and the habits of the various cities. Hilaire Belloc

TheÂ machineÂ does not control the mind of man, though it affects the mind of man; it is the mind of man that can and should control theÂ machine. Hilaire Belloc

If there is one portion of Europe which was made by the sea more than another, Portugal is that slice, that portion, that belt. Portugal was made by the atlantic. Hilaire Belloc

A smell of burning fills the startled air / The electrician is no longer there! Hilaire Belloc

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. Hilaire Belloc

Be kind and tender to the Frog and do not call him names. Hilaire Belloc

The Frog is justly sensitive to epithets like these. No animal will more repay a treatment kind and fair. At least so lonely people say who keep a frog (and, by the way,they are extremely rare). Hilaire Belloc

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

Matilda told such Dreadful Lies, / It made one Gasp and Stretch one’s Eyes; / Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest Youth, / Had kept a Strict Regard for Truth, / Attempted to Believe Matilda: / The effort very nearly killed her. Hilaire Belloc

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

The term socialism becomes a common label for the various theories of attack upon the principle of property, the various policies of communal control at the expense of the family, and individual freedom. Hilaire Belloc

Before the curse of statistics fell upon mankind. We lived a happy, innocent life, full of merriment and go and informed by fairly good judgment. Hilaire Belloc