Joseph Hilaire Pierre Ren Belloc Quotes
Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight, But Roaring Bill (who killed him) thought it right.



Oh! let us never, never doubt What nobody is sure about!



The Microbe is so very small You cannot make him out at all, But many sanguine people hope To see him through a microscope.



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



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



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



Write as the wind blows and command all words like an army!



In soft deluding lies let fools delight. A shadow marks our days, which end in Night.



May all my enemies go to hell, Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel.



Here richly, with ridiculous display, The Politician's corpse was laid away. While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged.



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.



I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.



Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, Theres always laughter and good red wine. At least Ive always found it so. Benedicamus Domino!



I'm tired of Love; I'm still more tired of Rhyme. But money gives me pleasure all the time.



Whatever happens, we have got The Maxim gun, and they have not.








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